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Re: Help - Is this Endemetreosis? Severe stomach pain and contractions 2 weeks before period
From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Oct 4 20:58:07 2006
Dawn,
I think all of us can relate in some aspect or another, and you are not
crazy. IT is entirely possible that your friend has endo and adhesions.
I would suggest maybe going back through some posts here that talk about
endo and bowel symptoms. There might be something in there that is
helpful. Endometriosis will often cause scar tissue to form and bind
organs together. Unfortunately the only way to confirm that your friend
has endometriosis is for her to have a laproscopy. But like I said,
look through some of those posts. I have not had as many of the bowel
problems as others here.
Also, check out this web site:
http://www.endo-resolved.com/symptoms.html
Alyson
At Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Dawn wrote:
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>Can anyone please relate to this. My friend has been searching for a
>solution to her illness and we wonder if she has endometreosis. Every
>4/5 weeks she gets the most horrendous stomach contractions on the right
>side, her stomach swells and she is in agony. She usually has to go
>into hospital and be given morphine or taradol for the pain. The pain
>eventually subsides and usually 2 weeks after the pain, her period
>comes. This would indicate that the pain comes with ovulation (ie 2
>weeks before her period). Then the whole cycle starts all over again.
>Intensive accupuncture really helps. We are at the moment going back
>over the last 3 year history to see when she was and wasnt on the
>contraceptive pill as there have been times when the attacks were less
>frequent and we hope to find out if there is a connection with this.
>Before undergoing a colonoscopy, her bowels were cleared out, with a
>product called fleet, and after this was done she did not have an attack
>for 10 weeks. She then continued with fleet every week to see if that
>helped attacks and for a while it seemed to. However the fleet then
>stopped preventing the attacks. The theory we have come up with is that
>when she ovulates, somehow the colon is attaching itself to her ovary,
>causing the pain. Is this possible? Could this be endeometreosis? Has
>anybody any clue what on earth I am talking about? It sounds ridiculous
>but we are at the end of our tether and we are convinced that this is
>the answer. Please please can someone please relate to this and tell us
>we are not mad. Thank you
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