ENDO Messages for November, 2006: Re: Can Endo grow while on birthcontrol pills (3 months in a row)?

Re: Can Endo grow while on birthcontrol pills (3 months in a row)?

From: Emilie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Nov 29 19:27:38 2006

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Erica,

I am wondering if that happened too (didn't get it all). Her main concern was for me to get pregnant (which i did successfully).

i actually have periods 4 times a year. b/c i take the B.C. pill for 3 months, then i actually have a pd. before this past year i was on NO birth control pills--so was having HEAVY pds. for 3 of the past 4 years (and i still have heavy pds., just not as often)

i also have had some breakthrough bleeding (while on the pill, though NOT my actual pd. some of it even red blood...)

told all this to my doc and he said it could be my fibroid too (oh, did i mention that? i have a fibroid, though he said, if i have one, more than likely i have more).

my other doc (my husband is in the military, so we move around a lot--though the doctors that i have been seen are NOT military doctors, they are drs. "out in town." the only time i saw a specialist, was when i was trying to get pregnant. anyway my other doc thought for a moment i had IBS too--but he couldn't explain the throwing up and nausea that i was constantly having. i had SO many tests over that.

they had disappreared for quite awhile--and now they are back (though not the throwing up)

i am going to tell my current doc to look at my stomach too--make sure there isn't anything growing on it...

i do need to alter my diet. if nothing else, i would be healthier! sugar is my downfall.

thanks for your response--i am going to look into that drug as well~ (though i am not constipated, the EXACT opposite) sigh.

t Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Erica wrote: >
>Emilie,
>
>I know you said that your doctor cut out your endo. My concern is that
>you may have had microscopic endo implants that your doctor was unable
>to cut out because they are so deeply embedded and practically
>invisible. It is these implants that I have read tend to cause the most
>pain even though they are so small. Like you I have been on continuous
>birth control pills. I am guessing you have a period 4 times a year b/c
>of breakthrough bleeding. Ask you doctor but I have been told that any
>bleeding is not a good thing when you have an endometriosis diagnosis.
>Because if you have microscopic implants then this bleeding and estrogen
>can "feed" the endometriosis. I'm not so sure about the burning you
>described. However all of the gastro problems is very common. I had a
>flexible sigmoidoscopy to rule out problems with my colon and they found
>nothing (I've read many entries on here with others who have said the
>same thing) yet I have many symptoms that seem to indicate IBS. My
>doctor put me on Zelnorm to see if I responded to it and I did. It
>helped alot with my bloating and constipation. I am no longer on
>Zelnorm but I have changed my diet to one that is for IBS as well as
>Endo. They both recommend alot of the same diet changes. I would
>suggest you buy some books or research the internet. Try altering your
>diet for about a month or two and see if you get results. You may be
>very surprised. I have cut out caffiene, lowered my sugar intake, cut
>back on fatty foods, cut way back on dairy products and increased my
>fruit and vegetables. I also didn't get enough water. If you increase
>your fiber intake it is necessary to also increase your water intake to
>aid with digestion. Hope some of this helps. I suspect that your endo
>is back but I'm not a doctor...Erica
>

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