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Re: help!!!!
From: andrea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue May 15 16:38:17 2007
Most women like me have endometriosis along with IBS. You have to watch
what you eat, or suffer the consequences. It sucks! I seem to notice
that if I eat greasy food or a lot of chocolate before my period, my IBS
is worse and so are my cramps! My bowels contract so hard along with my
uterus and it feels like I'm in labor or something. I think the foods
we crave during our period actually may make it worse. My aunt said she
was having symtoms like this too, and told me to try Bentyl, an
anti-spazmotic medicine for your bowels. It does help a lot with my
bowel contractions, but does little for my PMS cramps. But, it could
work better for you. The only side effect I've had from it is it makes
me a little drowsy after I take it. Taking the Bentyl and watching what
you eat before your period should make a big difference. Good Luck to
you! :)
At Tue, 15 May 2007, anonymous wrote:
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>That sounds like classic heartburn/GERD, and perhaps even an ulcer. Have
>they done an upper GI workup or tried giving you a proton-pump inhibitor
>(like Prilosec or Protonix)? Those symptoms really don't sound like endo
>too me.
>
>Also, that was cruel of your gyno to say that about having children.
>Birth control and Lupron are not cures - to cure you endo you need a
>laparoscopy to excise (not ablate or vaporize) the endo. If your local
>gyno can't do it you should go see one of the 5 or 6 specialists in the
>country that do endo cases exclusively. Women who have excision surgery
>with specialists generally have great success, both with pain and
>fertility.
>
>At Tue, 15 May 2007, amy wrote:
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>>If anyone can help me i would appreciate it!!!! I have been diagnosed
>>with endo when i was 18 i am now 25 and am having major GI problems when
>>i eat spicy or greasy foods.... i have vomitted some blood not alot so
>>i went to see my gyno and she thinks it is my endometriosis and she
>>wants me on comtinuous birth control and if that does not work then she
>>wants me on Lupron Injection (again). But i was recentlly admitted to
>>the hospital for these gi symptoms of vomitting, diahrrea, they did an
>>EGD, Comlonoscopy those were normal....I had a hida scan today they were
>>thinking GallBladder guess what that was normal also!!! So now i am so
>>frustrated i dont know where to turn. I feel like crap!!! My gyno has
>>told me that i most likely wont be able to have children by the age of
>>35 and i need to think Baby in the next few years. I was just wondering
>>if anyone can relate to what is going on.....and who knows it may not
>>even be the endo but we have ruled out practically everything...Any Help
>>would be great!!!!!!
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