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Re: Possible Adenomyosis/Severe Pelvic Pain
From: ada (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Jun 30 07:59:22 2006
I forgot to mention your bleeding. Heavy unusual and dark bleeding are
symptoms of adenomyosis.
Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Sherry wrote:
>
>I recently had a severe attack on the lower left side of my pelvic area.
>Went to the ER and I was admitted by my gyn. They did CT scans,
>transvaginal ultrasound, blood work and other tests. My gyn finally did
>a laparoscopy suspecting endometriosis. Everything was fine, ovaries
>looked great, no endo or adhesions or scar tissue found anywhere. When
>it was over with and I saw him again in the hospital he mentioned to me
>that he thought I could possibly have adenomyosis which is from what I
>understand endometriosis but inside the uterus, not outside. There is
>no way to tell unless and they will usually as a last resort go in and
>remove the uterus. Everything else was fine but the day of my surgery I
>started my period. I was on pain meds by IV for the first day and a
>half but came home 2 days after my surgery. On that day I had a sudden
>attack of severe pulling pain on the low left side (not the same pain
>that I went into the hospital with) and it went into my groin and down
>my leg. It was so severe that I thought we would be headed back to the
>ER! I took 800 mg ibuprofen and after a day or so I was better. I never
>had that again until this period. I have been on the pill because they
>suspected possible endo beforehand and a different dr that put me on it
>said it suppresses endo sometimes. I started to really spot bleed,
>enough that I really had to use a pantyliner and it was very dark blood
>(which I remember from before I had my kids but that was how my periods
>always were, a few days of that color blood, very light period and I was
>done) and this lasted 6 days. On the 7th day, in the morning when I
>woke up I was sitting at my computer and got this severe pulling pain
>again all of a sudden which went down into my groin and I felt pain in
>the upper part of my leg (probably radiating pain). I knew something
>was weird and low and behold I started a full on period. I knew the
>pain started as the blood started. And this has lasted for 3 days now.
>It honestly feels like someone is pulling out something from inside of
>me!! I just took a shower and it was all I could do to get through it. I
>could not stand on my left leg for very long, had to keep the weight on
>my right leg. I am on constant 800 mg ibuprofen, I cannot wait every 8
>hrs because the pain starts back up within 5-6 hrs so I push it to 6 or
>possibly 6-1/2 and then I can't take it anymore.
>
>Sorry this is so long but I am wondering if anyone has heard of this or
>has had this same type of pain. I am thinking it is not diverticulitis
>(but not sure) because the pain has now come on for the 2nd time.
>
>Please help if you have any advice or know of anyone who has had this.
>My doctor said that he wanted me to see a gastro doctor but I can't get
>into him until the middle of July and by the time he will most likely
>want to do a colonoscopy to rule out diverticulitis or anything else
>with the intestines then I will be back with my period again with this
>same pain. I have also had a tubal ligation after my second son 10
>years ago and I heard that it is more common to have adenomyosis after a
>tubal ligation. At this point, the pain is so bad that I would have a
>partial hysterectomy, he said he would only remove the uterus because
>everything else was fine but wanted to rule out the gastro stuff first.
>
>I'm really scared and if anyone has any information to pass on, please
>let me know.
>
>Thank you,
>Sherry
>
>--
>Sherry
>JFJ629x@charter.net
>
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Ada
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