Re: AT MY WITS END...REALLY...PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!
From: Sabrina (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Sep 21 20:00:33 2006
Oh my you are having it rough! I can tell you I did Seasonale and it was
AWFUL, I had night sweats, weight gain, and bled and bled. 4 periods a
year was a lie. As the nurse for my dr put it, more like 4 weeks
without bleeding in a year for me because all I did was bleed on it. I
had terrible big clots and I had just had a D&C so there was no reason
for the clots!
I don't know anything about estratest. Does that have a lot of estrogen
in it or is it estrogen replacement? My dr now has me on a low dose
estrogen birth control pill. It is Loestrin 24 FE. It is 24 active
days and 4 inactive days. However I went continuous with it beginning
last month. Side effects were extreme nausea (like all day morning
sickness), but that is about it. I am still having pain but I havn't
had the implants removed yet. It has cleared up some of the excessive
bleeding. The period that I had on it (yes I broke through on it) last
month was much lighter than it had been and was only 4 days long. I am
also on prometrium and have been on either provera or prometrium in
addition to the bcp.
Hope you get some answers soon.
--
Sabrina
At Thu, 21 Sep 2006, Marissa wrote:
>
>Hi everyone!
>I am 30yrs old and have stage 4 endometriosis. In Oct last year I
>had surgery and had both my ovaries removed and my appendix removed
>due to adhesions etc etc. During surgery, my gyn had to bring in a
>urologist and colon/rectal surgeon becuase in deciding to remove my
>uterus, they discovered that endometriosis had fused my uterus to my
>colon and ureter, making it impossible to remove the uterus. It was
>explained to my parents that my ovaries needed to be removed because
>the endometriosis was growing so fast, that bleeding needed to be
>stopped, and that would be done by removing the ovaries.
>
>Fast forward to the present day. Being in menopause has not been
>fun, but I think it could be worse. Every 2 months, I have to change
>my hormone treatment becuase it becomes ineffective...meaning i will
>get migraines, or can't sleep, or wake up drenched with night
>sweats, etc. etc. I have tried gels, patches, pills, you name it.
>
>During the summer, while on Estratest (I think that was it, who
>knows when I change so often). Anyway, I had a period. I was
>completely distressed. What was the point of surgery right? Well,
>the gyn fixed that with seasonale (birth control pills). Well, that
>worked for the 2 month standard for me, and then, because I woke up
>EVERY night dripping with sweat, I was switched to Estratest and
>Prometrium as of 4 days ago. And then as of this AM, my period has
>started again. BRIGHT red bleeding, and chunky clots, and
>pain...just like before!
>
>I can understand that if my hormone levels are too high, then I will
>bleed, but this situation has not been controlled in 1 year!!! My
>mom insists that it is a fine line between finding the right
>medication and doseage level to help my menopause symptoms while not
>giving me too much hormones to make me bleed. The doctor told me
>today to double the prometrium at night and to realize that it will
>take time for the medication changes to level out my hormone level.
>
>Has ANYONE had this situation before? Do you know of ANYONE who has
>any insight? Are there any clinical trials? Is there a reference
>website, teaching hospital, ANYTHING? I need support! Please help me!
>-Marissa
>Please email me at madfreedom2003@yahoo.com
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