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Re: Hip leg buttock pain / sciatic endo / link to a summary of the condition
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sun Oct 29 08:16:54 2006
Just an FYI of something that surprized me. When I had my post-op after
excision, the doctor showed me a photo of endo on a nerve and said he
removed it. I didn't know it was possiable to remove endo from nerves,
but apparently it is.
Jenn
At Sun, 29 Oct 2006, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>Hi all
>
>Well I am still working on http://www.freewebs.com/endometriosis for women with
>sciatic type endo. I was given permission to upload a copy of the ERC's
>sciatic endo info sheet. It can be found here...
>http://www.freewebs.com/endometriosis/sciaticendo.pdf
>It is a pdf file.
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>I highly reccomend reading it if you have undx'd pain in the hip/leg.
>
>In the first few paragraphs somewhere it states that the problem starts
>in the left leg. Ignore that as it can start in the left, right or both
>legs and it can swap and change too. Further on in the info it talks
>about a woman who had it in her right leg.
>
>This article summarises the medical literature reports of sciatic endo.
>As you can see its pretty sketchie but hey - at least there is proof it
>exists. There are a few doctors around who have a bit of an idea how to
>treat it too. Only a very few though.
>
>Perhaps if you think this condition may apply to you, print it off and
>take it to your doctor to discuss it.
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>Hope it helps someone.
>
>Angela
>
>--
>Angela
>long time endo survivor
>
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