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Re: Where do i go from here

From: Mel (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jan 30 11:34:15 2006

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Thanks so much for ideas, i did read your story, so sounds like we are on the same level!! Cheers again Mel At Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Tara wrote: >
>It sounds like you are going through a lot of pain and bleeding on your
>current treatment. Maybe the Yasmin will help. I may be wrong, but I
>think that is the pill you have to watch your Potassium levels on. I
>would definitely ask your doctor if you are taking that pill
>continuously for cycle suppression. Gyno's don't usually choose it for
>continuous use. If you are taking breaks from it then it will probably
>be OK. When potassium levels get too high or low in the body, it can
>affect many systems including your heart. No need to worry, you just
>may have to go for more frequent blood tests. I would definitely bring
>this point up to your doctor and ask them what they think before taking
>it for prolonged periods of time.
>
>Endo in a scar must be horrible too. EEKS, I don't think I've heard of
>that one before, but then again nothing suprises me with endo:) I can
>also relate to the bleeding and not feeling it thing. I wrote a couple
>of days ago in here about a bleeding accident at the gym. I was pretty
>embarrassed. Anyway, I hope going on the pill again will help you!
>
>At Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Mel wrote:
>>
>>I suffered with severe sbdo pain for about 7 years before i was
>>diagnosed with endometriosis. My doctor used to fob me off with have
>>you opened your bowels today! I did start to feel like a hypocondriact.
>>After moaning for years to him i was referred to my Gynae. July 2002 i
>>had a laparoscopy which didnt prove very successful and i was told i may
>>need surgery to be able to get a diagnosis, my partner had just been
>>told by him that he is infertile, so any surgery that needed to be done
>>to make me better was our priority. So November 2002 i had a left
>>oophorectomy and the morning after my Gynae sat on my bed and said i
>>cant believe you have coped with the pain for so long as it is so
>>severe. You almost want to say to them i spent years moaning to you
>>all!! Since then i had been put on the pill, but was rushed in to
>>hospital just before xmas as i flooded all over the kitchen floor as i
>>was washing up!! but i couldnt even feel it coming out! While i was in
>>they gave me the Zoledex injection and Norethisterone tablets to stop
>>the bleeding. As you can imagine i have put on weight and i am sure i
>>am starting to grow a beard!! So today i was sort of glad to go back for
>>my check up. They have taken me off all that and starting me on the
>>pill again same as before 3 months on and 1 week off. But this time
>>'Yasmin', whether that makes a difference time will tell. I did mention
>>to him i was a little worried about a lump in my lower abdo, he has now
>>said it is endo in the scar - as my oophorectomy scar is the same as a
>>C-section scar, so pleased i was not!!, didn't like the thought that it
>>has spread. Where do i go from here, I am 28, thanks for reading xxx

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