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Re: Wanting some Advice and information!From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu Nov 30 18:47:46 2006
>First, about the Endo. I have done ton of research, I think maybe too >much because I expected the worst when I was told that I had Endo. >(although I only had mild or stage 1 of the Endo) I guess I was more >upset about there not being a cure for Endo. But, anyway, I realize >that there is no cure but since my GYN went in there and removed it, I >don't really understand why or how it can come back. So that is >question one. It probably comes back because your doctor did not remove it all. Some people believe endo is caused by "retrograde menstruation" - some of the uterine lining supposedly backs up into your pelvis. This hasn't been proven, nor disproven, but it is one of the reasons doctors try to stop women's periods when they have endo.
Second, my GYN decided to put me on Seasonique, which I
>am assuming is like Seasonale but I don't know much about it. Does They are almost identical, but seasonique uses estrogen-only pills on the "breakthrough week" to limit bleeding, while seasonale uses placebos. from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=44121 "Under the SEASONIQUE extended-cycle regimen, women take active tablets of 0.15 mg of levonorgestrel/0.03 mg of ethinyl estradiol for 84 consecutive days, followed by seven days of 0.01 mg of ethinyl estradiol." from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonale "Seasonale contains 30 micrograms of ethinylestradiol and 150 micrograms of levonorgestrel in each active pill. Each package has 84 active pills and seven placebo pills that are taken at the end of the cycle. Menstrual occurs when the placebo pills are used every 3 months."
Because of this pill, I am suppose to only
>have 4 periods a year. So by taking the pill, I cannot get pregnant of Unfortunately, no. Many women get some relief from BCPs, but not so many get complete relief. They have helped me, but I still have a lot of pain and the pain still follows a monthly cycle, even though I'm not even spotting and I haven't taken a break for over a year.
>Third, since I have or had Endo, doesn't that lower the chance of me According to the statistics, having endo does lower your chances. Sorry, I don't know the actual odds - but everyone is different, and a lot of the women on these lists have children!
If that is the case, since we are pretty sure my GYN got
>most of the Endo, would it not make sense to try to conceive now instead I think so!
When I saw my GYN (Nov 24) for my post-op, he
>made my husband and I feel like we might want to have children sooner Yes, it can block your tubes, which would obviously make conceiving difficult! But it sounds like he was concerned more because on nerves is a tricky place to remove endo. Did he mention adenomyosis? Because that would be a reason for a hysterectomy. Having endo elsewhere is not.
I think I only have one more question, if or when it does come back,
>will it come back in the same locations. I know it can spread to Presumably not, if it was actually thoroughly removed.
Sorry
>just one more question, How is everyone else doing? Having a pretty good day, thank you! There's another endo support group on yahoo you might want to try: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erc/ You are definitely doing the right thing to research as much as you can! The choice of doctors seems to be the biggest problem most women have - getting to an endo specialist who really knows what they are talking about, and who is expert at excision - cutting the disease out. Good luck, I hope this helps!
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