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Birth ControlFrom: Monica (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon Aug 28 20:28:54 2006
Hello, everyone. I was diagnosed with endo almost two years ago when I was 29. After my lap was done, my husband and I chose to try to get pregnant so I did not go on anything at all (my doctor said this was the best time so we gave it a go). Needless to say, it didn't work and we are still childless. Last year around Christmas I finally went back to the doctor because my ovulation pain and period pain were almost back to where they had been before (my ovulation pain has actually gotten worse since the lap was done. Sometimes it hurts so bad I see spots or get severely dizzy or lightheaded--Not to mention the knifelike jabbing pain in the vicinity of my right ovary). He told me my options, the last one being pain management. Since I had never been on any kind of birth control (I should probably explain that up until I got my doctor a little over two years ago, I was dismissed as having a low pain tolerance and unexplained infertility. I was told not to go on the pill because we obviously had problems conceiving and the pill would definitely stop us from doing that), I opted to go on Yasmin at the lowest possible dosage. He discussed every possible kind of bc with me and we decided together that Yasmin was the best and the easiest to start with. The following Sunday I started to take it and by Wednesday I could hardly walk because I was having cramps in my right leg. It turns out that I am allergic to either synthetic estrogen or synthetic hormones. When I went back to the doctor I asked him if I should try a different kind of bc and he said no. Since there is no way to find out exactly what I am allergic to without injecting me with it, the risks would outweigh the benefits. So no hormones means that every kind of bc is out, including the shot, and Lupron is out of the question. Pretty much every kind of option that I have been given involves some sort of synthetic hormone. When I asked the doctor if that was unusual, he asked me a question (he's a good doctor in that way. If I have a question, he asks me questions about myself until I figure it out on my own. Makes me feel smart. It also helps me understand in ways that affect me)--He asked if he would give me a drug and the side effect was, for example, coughing would I start to cough? Or if the side effect was something crazy that would never happen to anyone, would it happen to me? And the strange thing is, it would happen. He explained to me that he does believe that endo is an immune disorder and our bodies don't fight infection or anything else in the normal way. It is almost as if we don't have enough of one...My sister has lupus, which is an overactive immune system (her body attacks even healthy organs and skin). He told me that since synthetic hormones in any way, shape, or form are out, the only thing I can do is pain management. Kind of depressing, but what are you gonna do? Has anyone else had this experience or heard of it happening before?
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