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Re: Lyrica for Endo Pain
From: AnnaF (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Jul 11 16:53:12 2006
Hi Katie,
I don't know if it helps - but I sure hope we all get rid of this pain
one way or the other !
Take care,
Anna.
At Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Jessica wrote:
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>At Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Katie wrote:
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>>Hi ladies. First off, I have to tell you this has been such an
>>informative site for me during my battle with endo. I was diagnosed
>>with Stage IV in October, 2005 (age 39). The doctor said it was so bad
>>my only hope was through a hysterectomy. After a 2nd opinion concurred,
>>I went forward with the surgery in January, 2006. The surgeon said
>>afterwards that it was the worst case she'd seen; I was full of the
>>disease. In fact, she had to leave my cervix because it was "cemented"
>>to my bowels with the endo. Well, the pain with the bm's never went
>>away - I was doubling over in pain 2 weeks post op and still am today.
>>About 6 weeks post op, the daily pelvic pain returned and has only
>>gotten worse. My ob/gyn has basically washed her hands of me and
>>referred me to a pain clinic. I got 3 other opinions before actually
>>going to the pain clinic and they all agreed there was nothing that
>>could be done. Some, including my ob/gyn, are of the mindset that w/o
>>ovaries - you can't have endo. I know this is wrong. Well, the pain
>>clinic basically said they can't do anything for me. Nerve block
>>injections apparently don't work on abdominal/pelvic pain and they don't
>>prescribe narcotics unless you have cancer. So, what he did do was
>>prescribe an anti-seizure medication called Lyrica. He believes that my
>>pain comes from my abdomen undergoing mini-seizures. Has anyone ever
>>heard of and/or taken Lyrica for endo pain. I'm sorry this was such a
>>long post! Any help/input would be greatly appreciated! Hope everyone is
>>having a pain-free day :-) Katie
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