Re: Had Surgery but Have Pain Again?
From: Nicole (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue May 27 08:40:09 2008
Most specialists, except for a few doctors in the U.S. do not do the
excision surgery. I would specifically ask- Do you use excision to take
it out?
A lot of doctors like to say they remove it "all" but in truth, it is
just what they could see. There is a big lack of knowledge with OBGYN
doctors about endo. Very few of them receive proper training in how to
deal with the endo.
Yes, you will have to continue to have surgery to remove the endo. I
have had 3 surgeries in 2 1/2 years. I am working on trying to find a
doctor who does the excision surgery that takes my insurance.
I don't mean at all to sound negative, but please check with your doctor
to see how it was removed. The best step in treating it is having it
the surgery done the right way. If it wasn't for the advise of others
on here, I wouldn't have known either.
Wishing you a pain free day!
At Sat, 24 May 2008, cmd wrote:
>
>Thanks for your replies. I don't think the surgeon is a specialist, but
>he did come highly recommended. He did take pictures and removed all of
>the endo (which is why he said it wouldn't come back.) Perhaps I'll make
>another appt with him to check in.
>
>For those who endo keeps coming back, do you just keep having surgery?
>It seems like one could conceivably be in constant surgery throughout a
>year?
>
>At Thu, 22 May 2008, Nicole wrote:
>>
>>No, three months is not too soon for the endo to come back. Mine came
>>back in two months time as well. It completely depends on the person,
>>but it will almost always come back unless an excision surgery is done
>>to remove it. It doesn't just "stop." Did you have surgery with an Endo
>>specialist or a regular OBGYN?
>>
>>At Thu, 22 May 2008, stacey wrote:
>>>
>>>hey there...i have had 3 surgeries so far for my endo. my 2nd one was
>>>8/4/07, 3 months later on 10/4/07, i had to go in for another one. i
>>>had severe pain and was living on norco. endo will more than likely
>>>come back. they say it is "slow growing" but everyone is different. i
>>>personally think it is weird that your doctor didn't remove all of it,
>>>did he take pictures? i don't think you are worried over nothing. you
>>>might want to stop the endo before it stops you.
>>>
>>>At Wed, 21 May 2008, cmd wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hi everyone,
>>>>I had surgery to remove endo and fibroids in Feb. I still have a small
>>>>fibroid in the uterus that the Dr said was minimal and should be left.
>>>>For about the past month or so I have been having similar pains to those
>>>>I had prior to the surgery. I have cramps weeks before my period and
>>>>upset stomach often. My Dr. said the endo wouldn't return, but I'm
>>>>worried that it is coming back. Could it come back and would 3 months
>>>>be a bit to soon? Maybe I am just worried over nothing?
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