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Re: Anyone feel like the pain is in their Hips (literally in the bones)?
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri Jan 27 13:23:20 2006
Glad to hear you went to a new gyno. I don't know about Lupron exactly
because I haven't taken it, but it seems like a pretty intense
med....can't imagine a doc wanting to give it to you "just to see"
without being certain you have endo. Good luck with this new doc!
At Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Kristina wrote:
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>Oh, I have seen a gyno, and a GI doc, and a surgeon, etc. I've had a
>CT, an IVP, ultrasound, blood tests, etc. The only thing that has ever
>shown up was a cyst 3 years ago, which resolved. My gyno said he didn't
>think it was endo because of the spreading (he said moving) of my pain,
>but I told him I wanted a lap anyway before he starts putting me on meds
>for things I might not have. (He wanted to put me on Elavil...but
>BEFORE that, he was just going to put me on Lupron just to "see" if it
>helped) I went to a different gyno and he is doing a lap next Tuesday.
>
>Another thing I have read that piqued my interest is that women's joints
>are affected by hormones. (I.E. pregnant women have looser joints in
>preparation for childbirth). I thought that may be interesting research
>in women with hormone disorders and joint pain.
>
>I definately feel like there is pressure on the nerves in my hip area. I
>did go to a chiropractor and it made me feel worse. I didn't give it
>really enough of a chance and I will go back if I still get no answers
>after this lap.
>
>At Fri, 27 Jan 2006, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>That is also how I felt too. I felt a deep pain that radiated through
>>my hips into my upper legs. The source was endometriosis and the pain
>>just kind've went everywhere over time. I would talk to a gyno... I
>>couldn't sit, stand, lay for long periods too. It sounds silly when you
>>first think it could be a female organ problem but it really could be. I
>>would see a gyno - especially if you don't get regular pelvic exams/pap
>>smear.
>>
>>At Fri, 27 Jan 2006, CCANNA wrote:
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>>>The pain that you are describing is EXACTLY how I felt before I was
>>>diagnosed with an endometrioma and endometriosis. I could never get
>>>comfortable. I had to sleep with my legs elevated because that is the
>>>only way I could fall asleep. I felt like I couldn't walk. I even went
>>>to the chiropractor because my boyfriend suggested by hips were out of
>>>place. Don't waste your money on the chiropractor. I would suggest
>>>going to your gyno (even though mine told me right off that she didn't
>>>think the back/hip pain had to do with female parts) and then suggest an
>>>ultrasound. Hope you feel better...ccanna.
>>>
>>>At Sun, 22 Jan 2006, Kristina wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I am currently undiagnosed, and most of my pain is in the ovary area. I
>>>>wonder sometimes if I might actually have something going on with my
>>>>hips because the pain often feel like it is radiating from the actual
>>>>hip bones into my pelvis and down my legs. I am uncomfortable laying,
>>>>standing, or sitting for long periods of time. Actually, it can be
>>>>uncomfortable no matter what I do. I have a hard time getting to sleep
>>>>sometimes because it is hard to find any position that is comfortable
>>>>enough. I have a hard time walking some days because it feel like my
>>>>hips are "broken." I would say this pain is the most "debilitating" of
>>>>all the pain I feel in that area.
>>>>
>>>>I am very unsure of what causes this, but maybe some of you feel this
>>>>way as well?
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