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Re: Endo and Bowel DisorderFrom: Elaine (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu Mar 30 17:28:09 2006
I can't really help much with the pregnancy stuff as I never had children myself, but I have endo on my colon along with adhesions there. Can't find a doctor comfortable in removing it from there. Argh! Anyway, I get crampy pains similar to IBS starting about two hours before a bowel movement, and during the bowel movement the pains become much sharper and more intense, and I have to grip something and grip my teeth while pushing the stool out. The crampiness remains for up to a full day after this and I get this inflammed like feeling in my lower abdomen. The sharp pains don't happen every time, mostly when my stool is large or hard, but they have happened with loose or runny stools occasionally. I also have endo on my bladder peritoneum (still not exactly sure what or where that is, so I am not sure how much of the pain is from the colon or from the other stuff. I also have lower back pain that started a few months ago and is getting continuously worse. By the way, I had a complete hysterectomy 7 1/2 months ago, but was started on estrogen replacement right away, and haven't been able to go off it without going completely crazy with surgical menopause. The endo was never removed from the places I mentioned, only the endo from my uterus and chocolate cysts on my ovaries went with my reproductive parts. I may be facing another lap in the next few months as the pain keeps getting worse and the cramps are there all the time. My gyn tried to put me on progesterone to inhibit the endo recently but it made me too nauseated all the time, no matter what the dose. I know what you mean about the birth control masking the pain. Didn't do a thing for me except make the pain worse. At this point I am very weary of any additional estrogen being introduced in my body as estrogen seems to be a huge feeder of endo. Have you ever tried progesterone or synthetic progestins like Depo Prevera? That may or may not help you. Wish I had a better answer for you but that darn endo is so tricky! If I could afford to see an endo specialist that does excision surgery to remove the endo I would be there in a heartbeat. Anyway, I hope this helps. Also, it's possible with having had a c-section and surgery for endo that you could have adhesions going on as well. My adhesions developed after my first laparoscopy, and I have heard so many women who are dealing with adhesions after having had a c-section. A telltale sign of adhesions is a pulling feeling along with stabbing pains. But of course even with adhesions the symptoms can be vague and general and mistaken for IBS or something else. Ask your doctor about it. Also be sure to get second opinions if possible if you are not comfortable with birth control and your doctor won't offer you anything else. Good luck to you! HUGS, Elaine
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