Re: Bad pain even after two Vicodin - normal with endo?
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Dec 2 22:15:52 2006
That much pain can be "usual," yes. Vicodin barely touches my pain -
I'm on a fentanyl patch and percocet, and I still sometimes have pain
that puts me down on the couch for days at a time. I'm also in pain all
month long, and besides the pelvic/abdominal, get pain down the
inner-front part of my thighs, and some lower back pain, too. And a lot
of nausea, and some vomiting - the nausea can actually be worse than the
pain.
About the possibility of bowel endo - colonoscopies won't show it unless
it's gone through the bowel wall, which is rare. Usually it's on the
outside of the bowel. It also won't typically show on MRIs. I don't
understand why your surgeon didn't remove the endo if he saw it? What
method did he use, laser ablation (burning it off), or did he excise it
(cut it out)?
Did the urologist test you for interstitial cystitis? That might account
for the bladder issues you've had. If not, you might want to ask a
doctor about that.
Hope this helps!
At Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Michelle wrote:
>
>I have been diagnosed with endometriosis for about fifteen years now. I
>had a laparascopy in 1994 and 1995 and then got pregnant with my son and
>two years later with my daughter. I did okay without pain for a while,
>but then had a reoccurence in 1999. I had another laproscope, and my
>doctor feels that I also have adenomyosis. My pain then was right over
>my bladder and felt like rocks were scraping each other in my bladder. I
>could have sworn I had a bladder infection, but didn't. Early on and
>throughout I have been to a urologist and gastroenterologist. I have
>had two colonoscopies, one because during gallbladder surgery, my doctor
>saw what he thought was endometriosis on my colon. He also took my
>appendix due to endometriosis during that gallbladder surgery. I just
>had another laproscopic procedure on September 22 of this year. I have
>been in pain every single day since. My pain is worse before and after
>my cycle, even worse than while on my cycle. I get terrible low back
>and tailbone pain and pain down my legs and the usual frontal pelvic
>pain. I am sitting here now in horrific pain that I awakened with
>around 5:00 a.m. I took two Vicodin and I am still in pain. It only
>took a very little edge off. The other day the pain was so bad that I
>took two Vicodin and two Aleve (three hours after the Vicodin) and I was
>still in pain. Is anyone elses pain this bad and constant?? I even went
>to a spinal specialist just to be sure I didn't have some tumor or
>something on my spine. I had an MRI, but it was okay. I guess it is
>just hard to accept that anyone can be in this much pain and not be in
>ICU or something. Is this kind of pain usual with endo???
>
>--
>Michelle
>
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