Re: A Couple Questions
From: holly (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Nov 7 21:34:22 2006
i use darvocet and sometimes hydrocodone to help me sleep through the
pain. heating pads help too, but work a little better when i combine
them with painkillers. i tried celebrex a few days before my periods,
and it helped a lot with the pain, but it caused really heavy bleeding,
and i had to stop.
as for getting pregnant, well no one really knows if it will cause
infertility for you or not. i have mild endometriosis and we've been
trying to have a baby for almost 10 years. we started all fertility
testing in 2000 and then went on to fertility procedures in 2003. still
nothing ever worked for us. it makes no sense to me at all. but some
women have no problem at all getting pregnant with endometriosis. i'll
never understand it at all.
good luck with the pain. and try not to worry about pgcy. the odds are
in your favor. esp since you know endo is there. you know to be a bit
more aggressvie when you start trying.
~holly
mild endo
At Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Amy wrote:
>
>Hi Sarah! For my pain, I just take 600-800 Mg Ibuprofen (3-4 Advil or
>generic brand) and apply heat. If I am home and can lay down, I use a
>heating pad. If the pain is bad and I have to be at work or away from
>home, I use the menstrual Therma Care patches. These are great! Stick
>to the inside of your undies and stay warm for 8 hours-like wearing a
>portable heating pad. If you haven't tried them-give it a shot. You
>can get them in most drug stores or grocery stores. I have never tried
>stronger pain killers, other than after surgery, as most of them are
>codeine based and it makes me itch really bad so I try to avoid it. The
>ibuprofen doesn't always get rid of the pain completely but usually
>helps at least make it bearable and if I am home and can lay down, it
>will help me to sleep too.
>
>Hope this helps! I can't answer your other questions as I take Lo-ovral
>bc and am not trying to get pregnant, but endo can make it difficult.
>
>Hugs!
>Amy Meyer
>
>At Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Sarah wrote:
>>
>>Okay so I have a few questions. My first question is if anyone has
>>found it hard to get pregnant with endo.? I am only 19 years old and
>>have been diagnoised for 4 years. I have heard that it is very hard to
>>become pregnant. Also if anyone is on seasonale bc do you experience a
>>very light period the month before your suppose to get your period,
>>every time? And finally, I usually have horrible pain about two weeks
>>before I get my period and I am doubled over for 3 hours in horrible
>>horrible pain. I use to go to the ER before just to get relife from the
>>pain. Now that my family and i know that it is endo and the hospital
>>cant do anything, i have to suck it up for 3 hours until the pain
>>subsides. My doctor will prescribe me with hydrocodine and that will
>>just knock me out after an hour. So finally my question is what does
>>everyone do when they have this kind of pain?? Does your doctor
>>prescribe you medicine or do you just have to suck it up and deal with
>>it?
>>
>>--
>>Thank you!
>>Sarah
>>
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