Re: Will this never end?
From: andrea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Jul 8 15:46:12 2007
At 32, I started bleeding all the time too, even though I was on the
pill. When you start having constant periods like you are having it is
a sign that your estrogen and progesterone levels are just messed up.
That is what the pill did to me!!
And, sometimes I would not have a period and just have the cramps, just
like you. The shot and a hysterectomy should not even be considered,
there are many other options out there for you, but a lot of doctors are
not caring enough to point them out!
They are just out to make money. Please look at what I wrote yesterday
on The Cause of Endometriosis and write me back if you are interested in
trying the progesterone and finding a doctor who will prescribe it to
you. I will send you some links. Lupron is a very dangerous drug and
should not even be on the market! Read a lot of the entries on here and
you will see that all it has done is make everyone extremely sick. Hope
this helps you some. Take care!
At Sun, 8 Jul 2007, SnowAngel1988 wrote:
>
>It's been a bad two weeks. I haven't had a period in 6 months due to
>being on constant BC, Ovcon 50. I've had to make the decision to fly
>back to my hometown to see my family doctor. I've had to be put on
>medical leave from my job and I will be away from my bf for a couple of
>months. I have been here a week today. I started spotting on the 4th
>and at first I was only getting cramps (sorry if this is a bit graphic)
>before I'd pass a clot. Now i'm getting full on period cramps and I
>can't get into my doctor until Friday at the soonest as he was on
>vacation all last week. The bc is helping a little bit as I don't have
>my full on period but I do have all the cramps. Last time this happened
>I ended up in the ER where they told me it was just cysts and that there
>was nothing they could do, from there I went to an OBGYN who told me I
>had to have a Lap, had to fly up here to my hometown where they did the
>surgery and found Endo... the thing is, the last time this happened the
>BC didn't stop the bleeding at all and I bled, seriously, for 3 months.
>I bled from the last week in December until the first week of March. I
>am scared that this is what is going to happen again, I cannot stand the
>pain and I do not want to have to deal with "inconvenience bleeding"(as
>they call it) for another 3 months. My boyfriend says that I should
>just ask them to do a hysterectomy since i've been in so much pain when
>I do get my periods and even not being able to have intercourse because
>of bleeding and intense pain.
>
>I do not know what to do. Someone please help me. What are my options?
>Is a hysterectomy at the age of 19 really a possibility? I don't think
>it is since i've only been diagnosed with Endo since February. I have
>been dealing with painful periods that kept me from school, heck, they
>kept me from just getting out of bed, since I was 13... not to mention
>the Cervical Dysplasia they found a week after my surgery. I do wish to
>have children some day but is this much pain really worth it? I mean, I
>can adopt... my boyfriend is so sick of seeing me sick all the time
>like this and honestly I'm sick of it too! I've dealt with it the best I
>can and the constant BC cut the pain tremendously but I'm not going to
>deal with bleeding for weeks without anyone being able to stop it every
>so many months. I know my next option is the shot but what about the
>side effects of that? I know that the shot is going to have to be tried
>before a hysterectomy will ever be on the table unless they find that
>the cervical cells have turned cancerous....
>
>I don't know I just feel so overwhelmed right now, I was fine until I
>started bleeding... i'm just now starting the second week of my current
>BC pack and i've been bleeding since the 4th... this is not cool.
>
>~*Kari*~
>
>--
>"It's not about age... it's about life."
>-Davy Jones
>
>"Scary to cope
> To have to deal.
> But sometimes it works out
> Gets real.
> Don't quit just before the miracle."
>-Peter Tork
>
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