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PLEASE help - I can't take it!From: Kathy (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed Jan 30 11:15:30 2008
I started going to my family doctor when I was about 17 because I was having horrible horrible stomach pains. For 4 years I was put on and off of different meds to "see" what I had. When nothing worked, the doctor swore it was my diet, even though nothing had changed. He actually said this so much, my parents and everyone around me started calling me a hypochondriac and telling me that it's just stress and my diet. Finally, I went to an OB who performed a laparoscopy on me and found an adhesion on an ovary and a ton of endometriosis, which was removed. In the 6 years since I have been seeing my OB, I have had 4 laparoscopies which are now getting closer and closer together. I just had my last one in July of last year. They found endo on part of my bowel but said they were unable to remove it. They have also found endo in my joints where my legs connect to my torso. My doctor wants to put me on Lupron but I am very very hestitant to go on that after reading the posts here and I have dealt with major depression before and some suicide attempts after my first laparoscopy when I was told that they "didn't know" if I could have kids. I'm terrified I will go into a deep depression with it. My pain has been so difficult lately that I just want it to end and I have even considered a hysterectomy, which isn't really something I want, but scares me less then the possible Lupron depression. I am not married and my boyfriend and I have been together 2 1/2 years but he's only 23 and we are nowhere near ready to have a child, which I hear might not even resolve this. I went to my OB last week because my pain was worse then it ever has been before. Now I have to have another ultrasound and my doctor "thinks" I may have to see a urologist. What the hell else could I have????? I'm so fed up and I feel like nobody understands. I have no drive to get up and go to work, other then to not lose my job. I want to get up and clean at home but it's either the pain or the complete fatigue that keeps me from being able to. If I even try to, I get dizzy and lightheaded and have to sit down. It's to the point where I don't even WANT to make an appointment with a urologist because I'm afraid they're NOT going to find something. I know that sounds funny, but after so many years of being made to feel like I'm crazy, it's kind of validating to be able to tell people "See, I'm NOT crazy." Does anyone have any suggestions or ANYTHING? Please help me. I'm 28 and I've been dealing with this for so long that I literally feel like it's sucking the life out of me and I can't take it. Every day I feel like I'm going to cry because of both the pain and the frustration. And almost every day, I actually do.
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