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Re: Anyone feel like the pain is in their Hips (literally in the bones)?
From: K (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Jan 27 13:59:40 2006
Pain in the hips, buttocks and legs. Severe cramping with limping and
almost like your leg was going to give out. YUP i have felt it! Thought
i was just getting old, but no it is the endo spreading and hitting
nerves.
At Fri, 27 Jan 2006, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>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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