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Re: Lupron and weight gain
From: Amanda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Feb 1 10:58:59 1999
Anita,
I wish you the best of luck. There are lots of great websites that have been
informative and comforting to me. Try http://www.jenniferlewis.com. If you can, buy her
book as well. It was the first thing I read that made me realize that I'm truly
not alone in this. I'm glad you had a better experience with Lupron than I did!
It's interesting to see such opposite reactions to it!
Take care...
Anita Cogdill wrote:
> Amanda:
>
> I'm new to the endo page, but you message stood out. I haven't yet read alot
> on this site about Lupron, but have posted a message requesting info from
> anyone who can provide any. I took Lupron injections in 1993 and had the
> opposite effect. I went from 190 lbs. to 150 lbs. and have remained there ever
> since. It's like it boosted my metabolism or something. Anyway, other side
> effects were a small amount of facial whiskers (appeared about a year after
> completion of 6 months of injections, once a month); some vaginal dryness and
> some joint pains. The only lasting effect has been the whiskers. I can't say
> for sure these were caused by the Lupron as I am now 37 and they could have
> developed from age I suppose. Anyway, I'm pretty ignorant of endo, even though
> I've had it for 25 years. I live in a very rural area of NC that is behind the
> world in most things and I just got hooked up to the internet a week ago and
> lucked into this site. I've never had children and my husband are wanting to
> try in the next 3 yrs. However, my husband has 2 children from his first
> marriage and had a vasectomy. Therefore, because of boths our problems
> combined my OB advises that direct removal of sperm from him and invitro
> procedure for me is our best bet for the money. However, that will cost from
> $8,000 - $10,000 my OB estimates. We're not financially capable of that yet,
> so I decided to research Endo and this suggested procedure in the meantime on
> the internet.
>
> Anyway, I'm glad I found this site. It's opened my eyes to a lot of new info.
> And I really feel like I have someone (alot of someones) to empathize with now
> as well as receive some valuable and much needed education on the disease.
> Thanks to all of you for your input and open hearts and minds.
>
> Anita
> Sylva, NC
>
> Amanda wrote:
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> > I'm hoping someone else has had this experience--I had three Lupron
> > shots before my doctor stopped them. He said my reaction to them was
> > too strong. I would faint at least 4 times per week, had severe nausea
> > and gained 30 pounds in 2 months! The doctor insists that the weight
> > gain was unrelated but I'm sure it wasn't. I went from 130 pounds (size
> > 8) to 165 (size 14). This is unreal! My diet hasn't changed and until
> > my endo got worse I excercised 4 days per week. Someone--please tell me
> > you've had problems like this as well!! I need to prove to myself, if
> > not my doctor that the hormones did affect me in some strange way...
> >
>
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