ENDO Messages for July, 2007: Re: IBS and Endo to Kathy

Re: IBS and Endo to Kathy

From: andrea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jul 23 13:45:31 2007

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Kathy,

You can have regular or irregular periods with endo. But, IBS pain can also be mistaken for endo pain. I have been telling doctors for years that my period always starts with me having to sit on the toilet for 2-3 hours and baring down, because it feels like my guts are going to fall out. The cramps are so bad, then I start bleeding really heavy. I realized after talking to my aunt that half of my cramps ARE from IBS. I get it right before my period. It's hard to distinguish sometimes because part of your bowels are right behind your uterus, so you think it's ALL uterus pain, but it's not.

I do have endo, but I also have IBS. I was NEVER given any medicine for IBS, until I asked for the pills my aunt was taking. It's called Bentyl, it's an anti-spazmotic pill for IBS. It does help. The only side effect I've had from it is drowsiness and the good news is, it's only $7.00 for the generic brand (60 of them)! I wish I would have learned about it years ago, but doctors were never paying attention to what I was saying.

You have to really watch certain foods you eat too, because some foods make the cramps way worse! I can't have anything spicy, caffeine or alcohol before my period or my endo and IBS get super bad!

Hope this helps!

-- Andrea

At Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Kathy wrote: > >Hello.. >I am just wondering if you need to have missed periods for >endometriosis? I experiencing pelvic pain, it feels that the floor of my >pelvis is just going to drop out sometimes. I have the most painful >cramps before and during my period as well as after. Sometimes I even >have cramps when I am not on my period. I keep going to the doctors and >they keep telling me its IBS. I have done bowel cleanses.. I have cut >out wheat and dairy and although it has helped my stomach to some degree >I am still in pain around my pelvic. I asked my Gyno and he told me to >try Birth Control pills first. But they did not help. I am at my wits >end with dealing with these issues. I have a tough time even going to >work cause I am always in constant pain. I have just about had enough. >The question is... " do you have to have irregular periods to have >endometriosis?" Because my periods are regular. >Cheers,

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