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Re: smoking and endo to Natasha
From: Abby (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Oct 28 20:26:42 2006
If you don't count the years I was a teen sneaking to smoke off and on
during that time then it would be safe to say that I've been a smoker
for 11 years.
At Thu, 26 Oct 2006, natasha wrote:
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>At Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Abby wrote:
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>>Hello everyone. With a big group like this one I know there are people
>>here that have had endo for a really long time and I know you ladies
>>probably have a lot of education under your belt and have heard almost
>>everything there is to hear when it comes to this disease. I am so glad
>>that you ladies are here for people like me and others that don't know a
>>lot about endo yet because you ladies can give us your hindsight 2020
>>and save us from the missteps that we might would make otherwise if we
>>hadn't met all of you in this great place. Maybe you veteran ladies of
>>endo can help me out with this one or maybe some of the newly diagnosed
>>ladies have heard this and can help out too but either way I just have
>>to find out if this is true or not. I have been questioning the truth
>>behind being a smoker with endo because I hear so often that women that
>>smoke have a harder time than women that don't smoke. I went to see my
>>doctor yesterday and my doctor made mention that the reason I was having
>>frequent endo episodes and intense pain is due to my smoking. He said
>>women with endo that don't smoke don't experience near the problems
>>smokers do. I'm not trying to defend that I smoke or come across in a
>>way that sounds like I refuse to give up the cigarettes but I've noticed
>>that consumption of a lot of caffiene can do that also. If I take in a
>>lot of sugar my episodes of active endo and the pain can be really bad
>>than on days when I haven't consumed a lot of caffiene. Has anyone else
>>heard this from their doctor before about smoking making endo and endo
>>pain worse? Is there any truth to it or is it just another myth people
>>have put on the symptomatics of endo? I just suspect it is my doctor's
>>way of trying to get me to quit smoking all the while using my disease
>>and my problems as a foreground reason. I would be more accepting of
>>his suggestion to quit if it were really about making my endo better for
>>me but if it's just using my disease to get me to quit under false
>>preceptions that's not fair to make me think I'm going to feel better or
>>fair endo episodes any better if it's not true. I just know when I do
>>have pain and episodes with endo I resort to smoking because it calms me
>>and I've never noticed that the episode got worse after I put the
>>cigarette out, I've just noticed that I hurt the same no matter if I've
>>got a cigarette in my mouth or not. I'm sorry I took up everyones time
>>going over the deep end on smoking and endo but I just don't know what
>>to believe about what my doctor told me because I don't want to go
>>through the painstaking process of quitting spending money on
>>medications or programs to help me quit smoking after I've been smoking
>>all these years just to find out that the endo is still going to
>>continue to overtake my body and be just as painful than it was before I
>>ever quit cigarettes. Thanks everyone for your help and advice. I'm
>>glad I have somewhere to go to get support for this disease because it
>>can be a lonely disease when no one but you knows what you feel and what
>>comes along with it because it's not like it's so common that people
>>know about it. I feel sometimes like I am the only person in the world
>>with endo and coming here helps me to realize that I'm not alone or at
>>least I'm not alone in the world anyway.
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>hi abby i think maybe it dsnt help it i smoke to im very depressed with
>this disease i think stress is the biggest cause of making it worse but
>i dont think smoking helps netheir im having hypnotharapy at the moment
>and i have cut down to under ten a day because of my depression im
>thinking bout asking doc bout zyban it helps u quit and helps with the
>depression i tried the patches and didnt work but ive heard good things
>bout zyban they say smoking affects the kidneys and liver to with women
>with endo how long you been smoking for?if you dont mind me ask
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