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Re: Michele/Redwine Lap
From: yenta (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Feb 26 11:09:43 1999
Michele,
Have you been pain-free since your lap with Redwine?
Yenta
TX
At Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Michele wrote:
>
>Hi Chrissy,
>Good to meet you. ORS= Ovarian Remnant Syndrome. It's different than
>PCOS. Ovarian Remnant Syndrome occurs when an ovary is surgically
>removed but tissue is left behind. It can happen. Frequently it occurs
>within a complication related to adhesions and Endo. I went to have a
>hyst. and the ovary on the left was stuck to the left sidewall. They
>told me the surgery was complicated but got all the endo out. Bascially,
>the surgeon was so out of his league that he called in another surgeon
>and they messed up.
>
>I had pain, reported it and was told it was phantom pain. NOT!! 4 yrs
>later and in more and more pain, I went to another ob/gyn. He did a
>simple u/s. He told me that the ovary had re-formed and was putting out
>natural estrogen. Confirmed by an estrodiol test, taking me off all
>HRT.
>
>I never got hotflashes. He did a lap to excise it out, and used a laser
>over it in 1997. I had Depo Provera shots too.
>
>Time goes by, and I have pain and THAT surgeon didn't believe me. So,
>last year I went to Dr. Redwine. No, suppressive meds don't work on
>this. He successfully removed it, found endo post-op and adhesions.
>
>Hope you feel better!!
>
>So, if you are post-hyst and have pain, please have a follow-up
>ultrasound. It has been a nightmare. PCOS is getting some coverage in
>the media though. Dateline did have a segment on it. Apparently, some
>connection with insulin levels.
>
>There is a PCOS support site. Have you visited that web page.
>
>Regarding
>At Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Chrissy wrote:
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>> Michele,
>>
>> What is ORS? I keep having cysts regrow on my left ovary and there
>> has got to be something else causing it besides just the Endo.
>> Sometimes the cysts are Endometriomas which are excised during my many
>> laps I have had and sometimes they are functional cysts. I have heard
>> someone else mention PCOS which I'm going to ask my GYN about but I
>> would like to know more about ORS. Thanks!
>>
>> Chrissy
>
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