Re: New Here...With Endo
From: Michael (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Aug 30 08:24:45 1998
Laura -
Don't feel alone! We are all hear to listen and help you through this.
Cyndy
-----Original Message-----
From: Laura <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Date: Saturday, August 29, 1998 9:29 PM
Subject: New Here...With Endo
>I have read some of the messages here and I think you are all very
>supportive. I was diagnosed with endo 18 years ago. It was not a lot,
>but I was in a lot of pain. Back then I guess there was nothing that
>could be done until it was so bad you needed a hysterectomy. I have 2
>children now and Im 36 years old. For the past 10 years I have been
>having a lot of pain again. When I would tell my Drs that I was
>diagnosed with endo, they looked at my chart and said oh it is so small,
>it isnt causing your trouble. So I suffered with it. About a month
>ago, I started having sever stabbing pains by my right ovary. We now
>have a different insurance company, so I saw a new Dr. She really
>listened to me and did an ultrasound to check for tumors and cysts. I
>have a large fibroid tumor on my uterus. She did a lap to try to remove
>the fibroid and any endo she might find, and was so overwhelmed at how
>bad then endo is. There was nothing she could do. The endo also spread
>to the bladder. Right now I am waiting to have a complete hysterectomy.
>I have been in so much pain all the time now. I am very upset and very
>scared about having this surgery. No one seems to understand me. I
>have been looking for a support group or a chat room to go to but when I
>find them they either dont work, or arent on line at the time. I just
>needed to talk with someone who has been there or is there right now. I
>feel all alone here.
>Thanks for listening,
>Laura
>
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