ENDO Messages for July, 2007: Re: endometrioma and no pain at all, need a surgery?

Re: endometrioma and no pain at all, need a surgery?

From: andrea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Jul 20 15:15:09 2007

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Is your gyno a specialist? I would definately get a second opinion.

What if it's just an ovarian cyst that will go away on its own? I have had many of those and you don't need surgery for them, unless you have pain for more than 3 months and they get very large. That's no surprise he suggested Lupron, they all do! It seems to be their favorite thing to prescribe, because it makes them the most money.

Ablation is a freezing process that kills tissue, so I don't know how that would be less damaging. They can freeze the lining of the uterus with ablation and it's supposed to make you have lighter periods - not reduce pain at all, though. My specialist said that 50% of women still have regular bleeding after ablation too, so it is not a very reliable way to help periods. And, you can no longer conceive! It ruins the lining of your uterus permanently! Please get another opinion. It sounds like your doctor is trying to urge you into doing something you may not even need. Get a copy of the sono from him and take it to a specialist.

Good luck with this!

At Fri, 20 Jul 2007, chococat wrote: >
>Hi everybody,I need your advice.
>I am 28 and was recently found to have a 3cm endometrioma on my right
>ovary by sono. So my Gyn thinks it's an endometrioma. But I have never
>had any kind of pain during sex or period. However, I do have random
>pelvic pain some time. I would say very little pain indeed. Now my
>doctor is suggesting a laparoscopy to remove the endometrioma then put
>me on birth control pills or Lupron! He also wants to remove any endo
>implants by excision if there is any. I read that excision laparoscopy
>is very damaging to ovary. So I am just wondering if I really need a
>surgery. In addition, if I do need a surgery, will a excision combined
>with ablation works better than excision only? Since ablation will not
>damage the ovary that much.

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