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Re: Protruding abdomen
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu Jun 28 23:06:24 2007
Does your mom want you to get the CA-125 test to check for cancer? It
shows up positive with endo, so I don't think that test would give you
any answer to your bloating.
At Thu, 28 Jun 2007, mdustin wrote:
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>I have had this problem since I had my daughter via c-section, 3 years
>ago. Directly after my c-section, while coming out of the meds that
>numb your lower half of your body, I realized that I was coming out of
>this numbing pain, but my right side was killing me. I kept quietly
>screaming, anyone who has done this, knows what I'm talking about. I
>wanted to scream aloud but afraid to. Since then, my right side is
>always larger, puffier than my left side. My pain that I feel from my
>Endo is mostly on my right. My doctor always thinks that maybe it's my
>appendix, but it's not. My appendix would have burst by now. My Endo,
>however, was found on my left side, my left ovary. But even after my
>surgery, my pain is still mostly located on my right. They call it
>'referred pain'. But I still think that is ridiculous. My right side
>is always puffy and sometimes when I press on it, it's hard to the
>touch, harder than my left side atleast. I also get bloated to the
>point of looking pregnant, and I cannot get rid of it. I've taken water
>pills, however they have stopped working.
>The birth control that I think you mean is called Yaz. (Yasmin is a
>different type of birth control pill.) The Yaz has a different hormone
>in it. I was going to try it as it was the only birth control that I
>haven't yet, but right before I was going to switch, is when my doctor
>did my lap surgery. So, I cannot tell you if it helps Endo. I have
>been wondering about that as well. Due to my excessive bloating and
>urinary frequency and urgancy, my mother wants me to get the CA-125 test
>done. I have not yet, but I hopefully will get up the courage in the
>near future to do so. I would ask your gyn about Yaz. Good luck and
>let us know how it works out!
>~Maggie
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>At Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Linda wrote:
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>>I heard mention someone that she is small framed, although she always
>>looks pregnant with a protruding abdomen (even not on menses). I have a
>>very similar situation. Is this common with endometriosis and why?
>>Thank You for the response. Also, Does anyone if Yasmin birth control
>>is an effective b.c for endometriosis because it is on made of one
>>hormone? Is that one hormone the correct one in order to help alleviate
>>pain?
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