Re: Back Pain?
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri Mar 31 06:35:08 2006
Leann,
I to have back pain and it is actually what led me to be diagnosed with
endo and probable adenomyosis. I do have a history of degenerative disc
disease, a herniated disc, and a bulging one BUT this pain is different.
>From the ando and adeno I have daily achy pain in the extreme lower part
of my back just above my tail bone with pain that radiates into my hips
and occasional sciatica. I have had this back pain for years with my
peroid but after I had my daughter it progressively got worse and worse
and now for the past year it has been constant. My doctor and I both
feel it is from the adenomyosis and because my uterus is retroverted I
feel the pain more in my back than in my pelvic area, although I am now
feeling there too. I am now scheduled for a hysterectomy next week
because I cannot take the daily pain anymore. It is messing with my
immune system and causing me to have Chronic Fatigue like symtoms. Alot
of woman I have talked to with adenomyosis have this same back pain. The
only problem is the only way to get a definative diagnosis is to have a
hystectomy and have a pathologist look at it. We are 95% sure that I
have it because my uterus is very enlarged and boggy and I have
extremely heavy clotty painful peroids and my back pain. I have heard
they can sometimes diagnose with an MRI or and intravaginal ultrasound
but these are not reliable.
Hope that gives you some info to go on.
Tracie
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