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Re: Just DX with ENDO: What do you think is best HRT To: ALYSON
From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Jun 4 08:26:51 2006
Pamela,
I am sorry to hear of your troubles following your surgery. Hopefully
everything is cleared up now and you and hubby are able to work on the
baby making. Good luck to you!!
Alyson
At Fri, 2 Jun 2006, Pamela wrote:
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>Alyson,
>
>Thanks for the input. My husband & I are actually trying to get
>pregnant & my doctor did say that we can only try 4-6 months & then I
>will have to go on Hormone Replacement Therapy if I do not get pregnant,
>because if not the Endo will definitely come back. I have not been on
>the forum in quite some time because I have been feeling really bad. I
>got a horrible Urinary Tract Infection from the catheter that was put in
>me during my Laparoscopy & since then I have also had Bacterial
>Vaginosis that I have been trying to get rid of.
>
>Thanks again,
>Pamela
>
>At Thu, 4 May 2006, Alyson wrote:
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>>Pamela,
>>My understanding is that hormone "replacement" is for use when taking
>>Lupron to counteract some of the side effects. Your estrogen completely
>>plumets when on Lupron, so the doc may provide a very low dose hormone
>>to give you a little estrogen back and ease off the menopausal side
>>effects. The hormone replacement is not an endo treatment. Lupron and
>>other drugs used to treat endo function to supress your estrogen
>>production. The thought is that estrogen drives the endometriosis and
>>by supressing the estrogen the endo is not being "fed". Other
>>treatments include birth control pills, progestins (I took Aygestin),
>>Danazol (testosterone derivative, I'm currently taking this one), and
>>others. The kicker is that you can't get pregnant while taking any of
>>these drugs. You will have to go "cold turkey" without any hormone
>>treatments. The good news...my doctor told me that the best time to try
>>to conceive is within 4-6 months following a laproscopy. I assume he
>>meant that everything is cleared out of there and you shouldn't have any
>>"interference". The other thing I want to mention is in reference to
>>your doctor's statement that "you shouldn't have any problems".
>>Endometriosis is a progressive disease, there is no cure. It often
>>returns within some time following surgery. The goal is usually to
>>control it with some type of hormone supression to keep it "at bay".
>>
>>--
>>Alyson
>>
>>At Wed, 3 May 2006, Pamela wrote:
>>>
>>>To Anyone Who will listen,
>>>
>>>I was finally diagnosed with the Endo. My doctor said it was Moderate &
>>>with the Laser Ablation he removed everything he could & my ovaries &
>>>tubes are fine & I should not have anymore problems. He told all this
>>>to my husband (I did not get to talk to the doctor after the surgery). I
>>>have a followup appointment tomorrow to go over the surgery & what to do
>>>from there. He mentioned Hormone Replacement Therapy. I have read
>>>quite a bit about Lupron from all of you here on the forum & I am pretty
>>>sure I do not want to take it (I already have a history of 2 bulging
>>>discs in my back & I do not think I can handle the joint pain once off
>>>it if that were to happen). So what I am wondering is: what other types
>>>of HRT have any of you been on & did it help you or not. My husband & I
>>>are also trying to get pregnant ASAP. We really want a child. Do you
>>>have to be on the HRT while trying to get pregnant? I am really new to
>>>all this Endo awareness. I am learning as much as I can through the web
>>>(which is a godsend on getting all the information that you can get) &
>>>on this forum (it helps to get others opinions who are going through
>>>what you yourself is going through & who can relate).
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Pamela
>>
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