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Re: endometriosis?From: heather (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu Sep 28 12:30:45 2006
At Thu, 28 Sep 2006, liz wrote: > >Any guidance would be appreciated... > >I'm not sure whether or not I have endometriosis. Prior to getting >pregnant, I had very painful periods. Just recently, the pain has >returned... but it is more severe and chronic. I constantly seem to >have back pain that gets worse during menstruation. During >menstruation, it sometimes feels like back labor. I think I've gotten >used to the pelvic pain, but the back pain is new. But both seem to be >connected. My stomach seems to be always upset and generally worse >around menstruation, along with bowel movements. When I do have a bowel >movement during menstruation it just seems like a lot of pressure. As >far as intercourse, it is painful in some positions but otherwise fine. >I guess I've always had these symptoms during menstruation but they were >very mild and I just thought they were normal. Now, they have become >very painful. I had an ultrasound that did not show any abnormalities. >My doctor said right now I have two options... either taking the pill >nonstop or laproscopy. I think not knowing for sure is adding >anxiety... so I'm leaning towards laproscopy. But I don't want to have >surgery and find out that it is something else. I'm also worried about >the expense involved. I would be happy to hear any advice or similar >stories. > >Thanks. You have a lot of sy,ptoms of endo. Generally, ultrasounds will not show anything unless you have abnormal anatomy or you have cysts, which are common in many women. The only way to truely be diagnosed with endo is through the lap. My doc gave me all the possible options to take when we thought I had endo, but I didn't wan to go through the treatment and not really KNOW what was going on in my body. My doctor suggested either the lap or the lupron. I personally did not want to go through the side effects of lupron if i didnt know for sure that I had endo, so i decided to go ahead and do the lap and I found out I had stage 3 endo. At that point my doc and I decided that the next step should be lupron, and i got my first injection immediately following surgery. I just finished treatment 2 months ago, and so far I feel great. There hasn't been a day yet where I have felt debilitated or been in bad pain. The lap isn't too bad either. I was sore for a couple of weeks, but I actually went back to work a week after surgery as a pediatric nurse. Usually, your abdominal muscles will be sore and week for a good six months. My advice is deff to get the lap. not sure about expense because my insurance covered all of it.
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