ENDO Messages for November, 2007: Re: Any suggestions appriciated

Re: Any suggestions appriciated

From: andrea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Nov 26 16:26:21 2007

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Becca,

I went through this too with doctors. Don't let them scare you, or make you feel hopeless. Have you ever had a laparscopy, so they can see just how bad your endo is? An Endo specialist can remove almost all endo and give you years of pain relief.

Unless you are constantly bleeding heavy or the endo is so bad that all your organs are lumped together, you most likely would not even need a hysterectomy. Doctors who first suggest a hysterectomy, or won't offer you any other help, are just inexperienced doctors. I have switched doctors so many times, trying to find the right one, who could treat this disease for me. You DON'T have to stay with that doctor. I wouldn't. Try and see a pelvic pain/endo specialist who can offer you more options. Just whatever you do, do not let a doctor talk you into taking Lupron. It has terrible side effects, many of can't be reversed.

So many doctors made me feel helpless when it came to this, but there are better doctors out there who can help you. If you've never had a lap surgery, they have to do that to see how bad the endo is and remove it, then you can go from there.

At Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Becca wrote: >
>I am 24 years old and have been diagnosed with endometriosis. I have
>been told by my doctor that I have 5 years to get a hystorectomy, then
>said I have4 years. Now he tells me that is my only cure for
>endometriosis but won't do it for me because of my age. I was also told
>by an ER doctor that I have blood in my urine with no infections. When
>I mentioned that to my doctor he said he's not concerned with it because
>it probably just means the endometriosis has spread to my bladder but
>still the outcome is the same and he won't do it. Any advice is
>appriciated, I am in pain on a daily basis and nothing helps.

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