Re: non-stop periods, Maggie
From: andrea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Oct 1 16:11:07 2007
Maggie,
I don't remember if we've talked about this....but I used to have
non-stop bleeding too back when I was 31 for about a year til 32 and
that's when my doc tested my hormones. My BC pill had blocked all my
hormone receptors and somehow put me in a pre-menopause state. During
peri-menopause, you can bleed non-stop and have irratic, unpredictable
periods.
Maybe since the Lupron had you in menopause, your periods will be like
that until your hormones come back up to normal or you get them
balanced? You'll have periods non-stop too if you are estrogen dominant
(like I was). The pill did not fix the bleeding, but getting on the
progesterone did. The progesterone made me every 28 days just like the
pill would, but I know you need a form of BC as well.
At Mon, 1 Oct 2007, mdustin wrote:
>
>Andrea,
>
>I have not heard about not being able to give blood after
>Lupron...what?? I agree that Lupron can have devistating effects. It
>defently was not a picnic for me...that's for sure.
>
>Even post-Lupron has been a nightmare for me so far. And now I'm back
>at square one. Pain and bleeding everyday (nearly everyday bleeding).
>But, I know what my doctor will say...I just started new birth control
>pills a few weeks ago. Therefor, my bleeding falls into the category of
>"break-through" bleeding. So, I don't call and make a stink. What
>other choice do I honestly have? I will be seeing him in a week or so
>for a follow up apointment.
>
>Bleeding for me, was the reason I continued to complain in the first
>place. I bled nearly every single day for the past 3 + years. Now, I
>fear that it is happening again. Only this time, I have all of this
>pain that I didn't have before. Joint/leg pain mostly. I bleed just
>about every day at some point. Especially when I get stressed, have a
>bowel movement and sex. I have bled atleast half of the past month
>untill now and it doesn't seem that it will be stopping any time soon.
>
>At Mon, 1 Oct 2007, andrea wrote:
>>
>>It seems like most doctors out there push Lupron on us like used car
>>salesmen, at least that's how I feel. They don't tell us the dangers of
>>this drug and tell us that the effects will eventually wear off. This
>>is not always the case, as you will read on these pages.
>>
>>I read on one page, that once you've had Lupron injections, you are no
>>longer allowed to donate blood. Now, what does that say? That it stays
>>in your system forever? I just feel there is so much doctors don't tell
>>us about Lupron.
>>
>>I don't blame anyone for taking Lupron, as I know how desperate we are
>>to get better and have our pain relieved and doctors make many of us
>>feel like it is our last hope - which is NOT RIGHT! They don't tell us
>>what all this drug is capable of doing to us, either.
>>
>>I feel that doctors play on this desperation of ours to get well and
>>feel they can talk us into taking anything, including things that may be
>>dangerous and cause us even more pain or illnesses. They are risking
>>our health, so they can get rich.
>>
>>I just sent a friend of mine to my specialist to see about surgery. (I
>>am just under his care for pain management right now.)
>>
>>She has already been on 6 mos. of Lupron and has fibromyalgia, so I did
>>not think he would even go near the suggestion of giving Lupron to her.
>>Well, he did!!! He wants her to do 6 more months of this drug, when she
>>is already extremely sick from it! Is he crazy? Can he not see how
>>crappy she feels?
>>
>>I am furious now and no longer want to go to this specialist for
>>surgery. I only went to him because he is supposed to be one of the
>>best and was recommended by a friend. When he mentioned Lupron to me, I
>>said not for a million bucks would I take that! So, he dropped the
>>subject and was not pushy about it. But with my friend, he was
>>insistant.
>>
>>I told my friend that I don't think she should do anymore Lupron. I
>>think that doctors who push Lupron on their patients are immoral a-holes
>>and I don't want them touching me. I don't know if I will ever find a
>>doctor who I totally trust to do a lap on me now. I would go to Redwine
>>in Oregon, but that is unaffordable.
>>
>>New Links about Lupron:
>>
>>http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Depot-Lupron/signatures-8.html
>>
>>http://www.mercola.com/2002/mar/6/lupron.htm
>>
>>http://www.medications.com/se/lupron
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