Re: Endo returning while on Lupron?
From: D (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Jan 28 00:43:07 2007
Yes, this can happen because endo makes its own estrogen - it doesn't
need the estrogen from your ovaries to grow. Some women don't get any
relief at all, you are fortunate that it worked for a while.
The best thing is to find a doctor who can excise the disease, you'll
need to do something else when you stop the Lupron anyway.
At Sat, 27 Jan 2007, Amy wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I had my first lap this past August, but after the surgery my pain
>wasn't any better, and so I started taking Lupron in September. Lupron
>made a huge difference, and my pain was substantially reduced. In the
>months before I started Lupron I had chronic pain in one specific place
>in my lower left abdoment, and the pain would get a lot worse during sex
>or when I had bowel movements. Since starting Lupron, until last week,
>those things have not triggered any additional pain, and overall my pain
>has been much better. But in the last week, my pain seems to have
>returned with a vengeance, in the exact same spot, and it is again being
>made worse by bowel movements (at least now I'm single, so I don't have
>to worry about painful sex ;).
>
>This seems like it's probably the endo returning, but I don't understand
>how - I've heard that endo regrows when you stop Lupron, but how could
>it recur while I'm still on it? Has anyone experienced this before? I'm
>seeing my doctor on Wednesday, and I want to be informed, but I'm not
>finding anything on the internet about this.
>
>Any insight would be appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>Amy
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