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Re: Endometriosis
From: Jenny (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Feb 28 07:59:31 2006
Stephanie, your letter has a positive, helpful tone. Thank you. I was
also going to mention that I noticed your letter said that you bleed
heavily and prenatal vitamins helps with the fatigue during these times.
~Jenny
At Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Stephanie wrote:
>
>Vicky,
>Hello Everyone,
>My name is Stephanie and I am 22 years old I had endo for about 7-8 yrs
>before I found a dr that actually cared to take the time and help me....
>when I was about 13 or 14 I had severe pain and went to the dr (I seen
>another dr in the office not my own) he had told me about endo and said
>that
>he thought that I had it and that I needed to tell my dr that he thinks
>I
>need checked for it.... when I told her what he said she told me that I
>couldn't have that I was just having really bad periods and her cure for
>everything was pain pills so there I went another .... not sure how
>long on
>pain pills .... I got married in 2004 and my husband wanted me to go
>see his
>dr because of all the problems with mine.... so I switched drs and I
>think I
>was there for about 6 months and they had tried birth control first and
>that
>didn't work ..... she then suggested that I go to another dr
>(specialist)
>and see what he thinks because she thought that I had endo .... I went
>to my
>apt and sure endo it was..... I made my apt for Aug. 2, 2005 and sure
>enough
>I had quite a bit of endo and since the surgery I have felt great.... so
>just because you are 19 years old don't think that you are too
>young.....
>even if they don't find endo they can look around and see if there are
>any
>problems.... have you tried the seasonale birth control ... if not try
>that..... it seemed to help me with the pain and the bleeding I think
>you
>only have your period once every 4 months ...... also I take for heaving
>bleeding 3 or 4 ibuprofen every 4 to 5 hrs and that helps slow down the
>bleeding and alot of people I know have tried it and it works for them
>also..... I wish you the best of luck and remember after the surgery
>you are
>pain free!!!!!!!!! Good Luck,,,, Stephanie
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