ENDO Messages for January, 2007: Re: advice

Re: advice

From: D (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Jan 16 07:45:09 2007

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What method did your doctor use to remove your endo? The best way is excision - it is cut out. Many obgyns use lasers, which remove the endo by burning, also called "ablation". This tends to leave endo behind as the doctors cannot tell how deep they need to go, and often don't go deep enough. It's also possible that your doctor doesn't know all of the manifestations of endo and left some behind because she didn't recognize it as endo at surgery.

If you had laser ablation (or even if you didn't!) you may want to find an endo excision specialist to give you a second opinion. If you can't find a specialist near you, many of them will do record reviews. There's a link to the endodocs group at the bottom of this email - it's a good place to find an endo specialist.

Hope this helps!

At Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Samar wrote: >
>I have had bad menstrual cramps for as long as I remember, but they seem
>to have gotten worse recently (intense lower back pain & pain in the
>thighs, and occasional spurts of pain in the stomach). Accordingly, I
>went to see a gyno about 4 months ago and was diagnosed with
>endometriosis. I had the laparoscopic surgery within that week, after
>which I was given a clean bill of health. But, due to the nature of
>endometriosis (i.e. unknown why or when it could return) I was told by
>my doctor that if I wanted to have children (which me and my husband
>defiantly want), we need to start trying asap. We have taken the
>doctor’s advice and have been trying to conceive for the last 4 months
>but have not yet been successful. Also, I feel like my menstrual cramps
>have gone back to normal (i.e. the month after surgery, I had minimal
>pain when I got my period, but since then it has been a steady increase
>of pain and now I’m at the point where it is just as intense as before
>the surgery).
>I have two concerns: (1) Could the endometriosis be back already? (2)
>Could my not getting pregnant be related to it?
>I have an appointment with my doctor in a couple of weeks, but I just
>wanted to see if anyone out there has gone through something similar and
>if so, what advice/tips/comments you could give me.
>Thanks.

-- Find an endo specialist in the ERC's EndoDocs group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EndoDocs/

Try an excellent endo support group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erc/

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