Re: Bad pain even after two Vicodin - normal with endo?
From: Michelle (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Dec 3 06:24:51 2006
Sun. Dec. 3
Thanks for you reply. Have you had a hysterectomy? My GYN doctor wants
to do a hysterectomy, remove my ovaries, and not give me hormone
replacement for at least two months to starve out any endometriosis he
might not be able to see. During the gallbladder surgery, that doctor
did want to remove the endo from my bowel because my bowel had no been
prepped for surgery and could easily be nicked or cut. When I had my
laparascopic surgery this past September, my GYN did remove all that he
could see. My uterus was stuck to my intestines with scar tissue. But
even though I had that surgery, I have been in pain ever since, but this
last week, it has gotten even worse - unbareable. I wonder if it is
because it is my ovulation week. But, I also get to the point where I
wonder if it isn't something else because the pain is so bad. I have
been checked for everything under the sun, so I don't know what else it
could be. I have been to a urologist and had an IVP and urine studies.
How do you test for interstitial cystitis?
Thanks,
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Michelle
At Sat, 2 Dec 2006, anonymous wrote:
>
>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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Michelle
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