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Re: Yenta/Redwine Lap
From: Michele (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Feb 26 16:08:55 1999
yenta,
It'll be a year in April--so far NO ENDO PAIN!!! But, prior to seeing
Redwine last year for the first time, I'd already had a laparotomy and 4
laser surgeries. So, there was no absolute promise about adhesions. I,
in the past, was absolutely full of them. Now, I have one adhesion
band. It's connected from the large sigmoid colon to the left sidewall
were my ovary used to be. And, it's moved my large colon a little.
Pinch, pinch...it's off and on. I'm hoping for technology to go better
with this new gel for adhesions.
I'm still feeling like I'm in remission and I'm not on suppressive meds.
I feel fortunate for this time.
Michele
Oregon
33yrs old
diagnosed in 1990
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At Fri, 26 Feb 1999, yenta wrote:
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>Michele,
>Have you been pain-free since your lap with Redwine?
>Yenta
>TX
>
>At Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Michele wrote:
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>>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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