Re: Adenomyosis---Help!!
From: summer (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Jun 27 17:17:51 2008
I would not start with lupron. Have you considered excision surgery for
endo if you have it?
Natural progesterone has helped me with heavy bleeding. I will look
something up for you
here's some info on adeno
http://centerforendo.com/articles/adenomyosis.htm
http://centerforendo.com/cecarticles.htm
At Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Sarah wrote:
>
>Hi. I am a recently married, 29 year old. I began having HORRIBLE
>periods last fall. My Doc put me on loestrogine BC pills which have
>helped but I still bleed like crazy at the time of my period and then
>spot or bleed most days of the month. It also gives me painful
>indegestion The cramping is the worst. I found a great, new OBGYN who
>did a PAP 3 months ago and found I had an 8cm fibroid...except it
>wasn't. He scheduled a myomectomy surgery to discover during the
>hystoroscopy that it was most likely, adenomyosis. My uterus is 3x the
>size. My husband and I want to start trying to get pregnant next
>spring. My dr at first recommended lupron and now is saying I can also
>wait until the spring and try to get pregnant and if I can't go on the
>lupron for 6 months. My uterus is blocking one of my ovaries. I have
>some concerns either way. First, I've heard lupron can be HORRRID (side
>effects) from this forum. On the other hand if I wait, I'll have to
>deal with bleeding all month (not fun for a newly wed) and if I can't
>get pregnant in the spring we'll be set back another 8 months (at least,
>after waiting for it to wear off). Any thoughts, suggestions???? Thank
>you for any support...
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