ENDO Messages for April, 2009: Re: Endometriosis Mild Treatment or not

Re: Endometriosis Mild Treatment or not

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Apr 23 19:16:07 2009

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You need to learn more about endo, and your doctor does too. It could be mild or major endo...you can't tell from symptom.....but I would not have a lap with him.

Do you have a lot of pain in general? You have to weight the benefits of surgery, with the right doctor, who can remove and and possibly keep bad problems from occurring in the future. But there's always the risk of adhesions. Endo experts can limit adhesions through certain pracices.

My endo did get worse, and I wish I had had surgery years before. But I also have had adhesions. So there's a plus - the pain is better, but I think I have some adhesions. If I'd had had it earlier, it probably would have been better for me. relief of pain earlier, AND, in my opinion, less adhesions because less endo would have had to be removed. But I didn't know of any doctors that were experts, and I had your same questions.

You might try things like diet, see if it helps, and natural progesterone. I did not have a chance to try these things years ago, becaheuse I didn't know about them. See if that helps at all...google 'endometriosis diet' and see endo-resolved.com. See johnleemd.com and endo101.com for some info about progesterone. But progesterone and diet might help with symptoms - in general does not shrink endo.

Endo does not show up on sonograms. Your doctor seems to be trying to help you, but you really need an endo expert's opinion. The CEC does record reviews, for free, and the doctor himself will call you. centerforendo.com

It won't take you long at all to learn more about endo, and make your decisions. I'd suggest looking into the CEC and seeing if someone is closer to you, and get their opinion too. What part of the country are you in?

Here are some sites to check out

endometriosis.org

centerforendo.com

endometriosissurgeon.com

endoexcision.com

pelvicpain.com

endo-resolved.com

erc.activboard.com/ will also give you feedback and doc info.

At Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Jane wrote: >
>Hi,
>
>I have had a mild pain in my left side for more than a year now. At
>first my gyno thought it might be caused by ovarian cysts. We have been
>doing Trans Vag Ultrasounds now every 3 - 4 months for about a year. I
>have a small folicular cyst that shows up on my left ovary some of the
>times but there is another area that has shown up each time that is
>suspecious. He is not thinking cancer of the ovary because it isn't
>getting bigger and he did a CA125 which was in normal range. But he is
>now thinking maybe mild endometriosis - it could be endometriosis tissue
>on my ovary. He thinks it might be a good idea to investigate by
>laprascopy (sp?) and if indeed it is endo tissue he could remove it or
>if it is something else biopsy. He said I could keep doing ultrasounds
>and watching if I want but it has been over a year and the anxiety alone
>is getting to me. But does anyone think doing a laprascopy surgery is
>too drastic since my pain is pretty mild and not causing me much problem
>in daily life (it is always there but not horrible and I can live with
>it). Also if I don't remove the small amount of endo tissue (if it
>turns out to be endo) will it just get worse down the way causing me
>more problems and having me wish i did something earlier. Has anyone
>ever had mile endo and not done anything or should I go through with the
>laprascopy. I am worried about scar tissue after laprascopy or
>infection, anesthesia problems. Is the risk worth the test? I am so
>confused on my decision.

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