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Re: non-stop periods, Maggie
From: mdustin (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Oct 2 08:24:49 2007
Andrea,
The thing about the bleeding...is that this happend before I was ever on
Lupron and before I was diagnosed with Endo. It is the reason why I
even had the surgery in the first place (lap). I bled nearly every
single day for atleast some part of the day since I had my daughter over
3 years ago. Three years of sparatic, almost every day bleeding! I only
fear that it is happening again. I have only started bleeding 5 weeks
ago now, since being on Lupron. And it has been nearly every day since
then. But it happens at weird times, such as being stressed out, when I
have a bowel movement and after sex. My doctor put me on a low dose
birth control pill. I think that has a lot to do with it. The last
pill that I was on prior to my Lap was one of the strongest pills you
can be on, due to constant bleeding. It only made my pain surface to
it's worst and I continued to bleed.
At Mon, 1 Oct 2007, andrea wrote:
>
>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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