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Re: new to this site, just looking for support and advice (to jillson)
From: Lisa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Nov 29 08:20:06 2007
Hi Jill, I have that feeling it's going to be time for something,
probably a lap. At least I won't be going into it blindly, or alone
thanks to finding this site. I am on a BCP. My dr had put me on
seasonal right after I went finished the Lupron. I was on that for
about a year and I just did not like what it did to me and how it made
me feel. I was getting my cycle almost every 2 weeks and it made me
feel worse about things. Now he has me starting on Femcon and we'll see
what happens.
I was planning to go back to work in Janary but if I need another lap, I
doubt I'll be back that soon.
Good luck back at work...
Lisa
At Tue, 27 Nov 2007, jillson wrote:
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>Hi and welcome. Sorry you are having so much pain. I too take a SSRI.
>It might be time for another lap. There is a lot of support on this
>site. I would just recommend to research everything. Are you on BCP's?
>Sometimes I feel sorry for myself and realize that most people do not
>understand the pain that we go through. You just have to except that.
>The only people that get it is someone who had experienced it like us.
>Hope you find something that helps you. It took me 3 surgeries, 6 mo of
>Lupron, and a lot of bed rest to finally feel like I have a shot back at
>a semi normal life. And this just happened in the last 2 months for me.
>I go back to work on Wed after being off for 4 mo. Good luck.
>
>Jill
>
>At Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Lisa wrote:
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>>I was diagnosed with endometriosis in early 2005 wherein I had my
>>laporoscopy in that June, then got married that July while starting my
>>Lupron shots til that December. Needless to say, that was a crazy year
>>for me, I got married in vegas and we had our reception at the end of
>>august. I sincerely DO NOT recommend anyone combining a wedding
>>reception in summertime while dealing with the 'menopause' symptoms from
>>the Lupron!! LOL...
>>I am 31 years old and since I was 14 I always had heavy, irregular and
>>extremely painful periods. Since my laporoscopy and lupron shots, my
>>periods were finally, for the first time in my life, beginning to become
>>'regular' and hardly painful at all. Until this month, that is...this
>>month was the first time since the surgery that I was, and still am, in
>>an extreme amount of pain where I couldn't get out of bed. The worst
>>feeling in the world.
>>I guess by posting this, I want to feel as if I am not alone in this
>>situation. this disease has brought me to a level of depression and
>>anxiety that I just cannot go through alone anymore. I spend most of my
>>time at home, I only work part time but, due to a new found heart
>>problem as well, I am being put on temporary disability. A friend of
>>mine, who also has endo, suggested trying an online forum to express
>>myself.
>>My regular dr has put me on Zoloft for my depression: anyone else out
>>there also on anti-depressants due to the endo?
>>This past february I had my cervix cryo-frozen and I was scheduled to
>>have an electro-cauterization yesterday but because my period was so bad
>>(i had to call my gyno on thanksgiving for pain killers) he wants to
>>wait and I am going back next week so he can get some pics and a
>>sonogram before he does any procedures. Each and every pap I have
>>always comes back abnormal and the abnormal cells are constantly growing
>>back on my cervix.
>>I was wondering how others get through each day...is there something
>>that you recite to yourself to help yourself function? Has anyone found
>>a natural remedy or anything at all besides pills to ease or aid in the
>>relief of pain, depression, frustration and just that feeling of being
>>different?
>>My friends without endo are all married and starting families. We don't
>>have any children yet, I wasn't fertile until I had the surgery in '05
>>but even now my body isn't healthy enough to get pregnant. Another
>>factor adding to my depression.
>>I want to thank anyone who has taken the time to listen to me go on and
>>on, I greatly appreciate it. Please feel free to let me know your story
>>and how you've been handling having endometriosis. I welcome any
>>suggestions. But please, as the old saying goes, if you don't have
>>something nice to say, then say nothing at all. I am going through
>>enough pain, as I am sure all of us with this disease are, I do not need
>>added stress or anguish due to someone having a bad day and feels like
>>taking it out on the 'new kid' in town.
>>Thank you all...best wishes and good health to you all.
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