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Re: b/c continuously
From: Sabrina (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Jan 6 20:24:21 2007
Before I had the Lap I felt a tugging and sharp pain with that tugging.
To the point it had me doubled over. My obgyn did not find active
implants, however he did find adhesions. I had no reason to have
adhesions - no csection, no stds, none of the risks. Right after
surgery that tugging, pain, pressure was gone. But then it started back
about a month after surgery, same familiar type pain. Not as bad as it
was before. Trust me, I know me and I know my body and those adhesions
are back. Why not as bad as before, I don't know. I suspect because I
am taking the Loestrin and Prometrium. I had the knee surgery on 12/26.
I started Lortab on 12/26. Don't worry my ortho is keeping an eye on me
and they are going to be lowering from the 7.5mg to 5mg on my next fill.
I had major arthroscopic surgery on my knee where my knee was
reconstructed (torn miniscus that was partially removed, dislocated
kneecap that was moved surgically to correct placement - involved a 4
inch cut on the inside of my knee through muscle and stuff, shredded
cartlige under the knee that had to be cleaned out and debried. A lot
of work as my ortho put it. I will be rehabbing it for months.
Yes it is very possible that the Lortab is disguising the pain from the
adhesions and I intend to bring that up with my obgyn. He needs to know
that I am now on the Lortab rx from my ortho. I am desperately worried
as to what will happen when I stop the Loestrin to ttc. I would prefer
not to be on any pain meds, but I didn't count on having knee
reconstruction and was told recovery was in weeks. Now I am being told
because of what they found will be months up to a year.
At Sat, 6 Jan 2007, anonymous wrote:
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>How long have you been on the Lortab? Because it will definitely mask
>any pelvic pain you may be having, it's stronger than darvocet. Also
>how do you know that the pain is from adhesions, and not from endo that
>may have been left behind or something else?
>
>Thanks!
>
>At Sat, 6 Jan 2007, Sabrina wrote:
>>
>>Hi I'm currently on Loestrin FE and Prometrium to prevent periods for
>>now. I broke through on every single pill that my dr put me on till the
>>Loestrin. I have been on Loestrin since August. The only time I have
>>bled on it was when I had my lap in October. Since then I have been
>>period free since Nov 8th. I also take Prometrium as a double whammy to
>>prevent breakthrough bleeding. I take the prometrium days 12-21 of the
>>pill pack.I take the Loestrin continuously. I did notice in November
>>and December that my adhesions were back after the surgery, however they
>>were not NEARLY as bad as it was before. Before surgery and the
>>Loestrin, I was on massive amounts of Motrin and then had a rx for
>>Darvocet which didn't touch the pain. Now I still cycle, but no
>>bleeding. The pain that I get so far has been easily taken care of with
>>800mg of Motrin every 8 hours. I can't say how january will be as I had
>>knee reconstruction surgery and have been on Lortab for my knee since
>>the surgery. But hey I guess if I did have pain there it would work for
>>both places. From what my orthopedist said, I'll be on Lortab for the
>>next few months because I am facing months of rehab on my knee. The
>>loestrin fe has had very little side effects for me and is low estrogen.
>>
>>At Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Tara wrote:
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>>>Hi all,
>>>I'm having the exact same problem that Erica has..its very intense all
>>>over pain, cramping, bloating, headaches, aching, ect. I usually can't
>>>work in this state when I have to take a break from the b/c pills. Again
>>>according to my doctor, this is normal in women with endo to have
>>>constant pms side effects, nausea, bowel related problems, cramping, and
>>>break through bleeding while on the pills. My doctor suggested going on
>>>a higher dosage of the b/c pills to solve the problem, so next month I
>>>am going to try that. Does anyone take pain medications to help with
>>>the pain? I also have severe migraines throughout the month, and its
>>>intensified when I have to take a break every 2-3 months and have my
>>>period. Curious if anyone else has that same problem. I've been on b/c
>>>pills for 6 1/2 years now. I was also just curious if anyone else has
>>>tried the higher dosage of b/c pills and if it helped. My doctor also
>>>put me on estrogen for a week to try to help with the severity of the
>>>side effects. Has anyone else done that? I'm not sure if it worked yet,
>>>because I was only on it for a week, and the break through bleeding
>>>didn't stop, so I'm on a "break" from all hormone pills right now--and
>>>paying the price!
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Tara
>>>
>>>At Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Erica wrote:
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>>>>I was previously on cbcp for about a year. Yes I did have side effects.
>>>>I was frequently nauseous from time to time while on them. The bloating
>>>>I attribute more to the endo and bowel related problems. Breakthrough
>>>>bleeding was a big problem for me. I could usually go about 3 months
>>>>before I would start to bleed. An infertility specialist I was seeing
>>>>told me that this is very common that women often need a break about
>>>>every 3 months from the pill to have a period so the bleeding will stop
>>>>on its own. My problem was that when I did that my period was
>>>>excrutiating. I thought I dont' know if I could do that every 2-3
>>>>months b/c I was having to miss work the cramps and bleeding were so
>>>>bad. Then again everyone is different and you may not experience it to
>>>>that degree. Good luck.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Erica
>>>>
>>>>At Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Shannon wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>I am 48,and have endo..have been on the bc pill continously for 3
>>>>>months...are there any side effects that anyone knows of??? such as
>>>>>continous cramping..bloating...breakthrough bleeding... am really
>>>>>wanting to know..thanks..please someone reply...
>>>>
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