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Re: How do I know?
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri Mar 30 08:10:24 2007
I sympathize- I am in the same situaiton; and I just want to add a
question to your inquiry--- How do we know when to get laproscopic
surgery?
At Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Lynn wrote:
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>Honestly, No. The only thing that will be visable on ultrasound or on
>MRI would be an endometroma on an ovary but as far as endometrial
>implants outside of the uterus a doctor would need to do a laporscopic
>surgery - however, there can also be invisable endo that the doctor can
>not see as well (this happened to me in my fist surgery).
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>At Fri, 30 Mar 2007, LondonRose14 wrote:
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>>Hi everyone,
>>This is my first time here, and I am very happy to have this site
>>available. So here goes : I am a 22 year old who has been experiencing
>>pelvic pain since I was 13. The pain has been severe enough to rate a
>>ten on the pain scale, though it's usually a nine. I have seen a few
>>specialists, but I have to travel pretty far to see them. I was 17
>>before a doctor back home told me about endometriosis. What I want to
>>know is this: Is there any way to know for sure if I have endo without
>>having the surgery?
>>
>>LR
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