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Re: One missed pill...horrid pain!
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue May 27 19:49:55 2008
yes, it's possible, and you need to send your records to an endo expert
- why continue to let the endo invade areas?
At Tue, 27 May 2008, Gattuch wrote:
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>I was diagnosed with endometriosis when I was about 20, I had surgery
>when I was 23 and things were ok for while. I am now 28 years old and
>have been on continuous use birth control to help control the endo. Over
>the past few months I have been bumped up on the strength of the
>hormones a couple of times. I am finally on a dose that seems to be
>helping.
>This last week I had an issue with my pharmacy and they wouldn't allow
>me my refill like I am suppose to get. I take my pill every morning
>around 8am but on Sunday I didn't have my pills to take. By 2pm in the
>afternoon I was curled up in a ball and I felt as if my right ovary was
>going to burst.
>Is it really possible that within 24 hours of a missed hormone pill I
>could feel that much pain? If it is, does it mean that my endo is more
>than likely back and worse than I thought it was? I thought as long as I
>continued the pills and they were helping that it meant it wasn't that
>bad. I have missed a pill here and there in the past but I have never
>gone through that pain. I will say that the reason my dosage was bumped
>up a couple of times was because of that pain on the right side. I am
>finally at a dosage that gets rid of that pain. I just don't know if I
>am covering something up with the meds. They aren't pain pills so I
>don't see how I could be covering it up. Or does it mean that I am just
>barely keeping this disease under control? I have had cramps this last
>month even when on the pill, nothing too serious for the most part.
>Although there was the one day where is was so bad that if I exhaled, it
>would immediatly cramp up again. That lasted for about 5 minutes, it
>was the worst thing I had ever been through.
>Any advice? Any thoughts?
>
>I do see my OBGYN next month.
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