Re: UPDATE from previous post e: Is this from what I think it is?
From: deirdre (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Aug 29 13:05:29 2007
No, you don't lose blood to cysts. Do you bleed heavily? Do you take
iron and or iron-rich food?
Probiotics and digestive enzymes help me so much
At Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Dolcie wrote:
>
>Ok so I have left the GI docs office and he still wants me to stay on
>the medicine I was on for acid/irritation but now gave me a prescription
>for IBS.
>Also when I got home today I had a letter in the mail from my primary
>care doc that my hemoglobin was low(9.7) and that was about 2 wks ago b4
>my period. I think its all endo related.
>Also 1 more question...a chocolate cyst is that filled with blood? I'm
>wondering if that is where I'm loosing blood to.
>At Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Dolcie wrote:
>>
>>Hope everyone is having a great day!
>>I was recently diagnosed with endo and I'm anemic. My periods have
>>always been very painful, but also short. For me being short was
>>normal. I also have a frequency of cysts but can't do many meds.
>>I had surgery in Jan and in the months since my periods have been worse
>>as far as bloating and pains(except this last one). Also, now the last
>>couple have only been like 2 days maybe 3. Never really being very
>>heavy. I had always thought my periods were short because of anemia.
>>There's no way 1 would last for like 6 or 7 days.
>>I have blood with BMs on period and some other bowels symptioms...have a
>>colonoscopy already along with some other test. Is or could this be
>>endo?
>>Thanks for your help ladies!
>>Dolcie
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