ENDO Messages for April, 1999: Re: another question

Re: another question

From: lasinda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Apr 25 13:01:23 1999

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At Sun, 25 Apr 1999, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Lasinda
>
>Sorry to hear you are experiencing bad pain like you are. It does sound like
>you have endo symptoms, but one cannot really tell you level your endo is
>without looking inside to see by laparoscopy.
>
>You can have severe symptoms, and be only a stage I patient, or you may be
>stage IV with minimal symptoms. It is a very tricky disease.
>
>The main thing you want to do is find a doctor who is experienced with
>treating endometriosis. I spent 10 years going from doctor to doctor trying
>to find someone to listen to me, and they all pretty much told me to take
>Motrin and deal with the cramps.
>
>Finally I found a wonderful doctor who is an "Endo Specialist" And he did
>four hours of surgery back in Sept. 98. He excised stage IV endo from my
>ovaries, uterus, etc. and also removed bowel implants. I was pain free
>almost immediately, and I am also pleased to report that I was able to get
>pregnant as well, after 8 years of trying. I am now 8 weeks 1 day!
>
>I am so thankful to my doctor because I don't think if I had found him I
>would have been able to ever get pregnant! So that is why it is so important
>to find the right doc from the beginning.
>
>Make sure that he/she is a experienced endo/surgeon that is the most
>important thing, because you can wind up in worse shape than you started is
>you don't have someone who knows what they are doing. Also make sure that
>they listen to your wants and needs as a patient. If you want to have a baby
>now, tell him you want treatment that will facilitate that outcome. Birth
>Control pills may slow down your endo, but as soon as you go off, it will
>flare up again.
>
>As far as I am concerned (this is my personal opinion) any doc. who is a good
>endo doc, would reccomend a diagnostic lap. to see if you do indeed have
>endo, if that is the case then, excise the endo at the same time. Since you
>have a 4 history of infertility he/she should also run tests like: sperm
>analysis for you husband, HSG (dye test) to see if you ovaries are clear,
>Post Coital Test (to make sure your mucus is not killing off his sperm),
>Endometrial Biopsy (to see how good the lining of your uterus is for an egg
>to implant) He may also make you do three months of charting your
>temperature to make sure you are ovulating before you get into all those
>infertility tests.
>
>So those are the types of things you are looking for in a doc. Anyway I hope
>this is of help, and that you will soon be pain free
>
>Chris

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wow u helped me out a lot i heard that the dye test hurts does it? Does all of the test hurt? i'm kinda a pain chicken if u know what i mean but will do anything to have a baby just kinda wanting to know what hurts what don't. I'm so happy for u an your husband i hope u have a wonderful healthy child!!! U really helped me a lot thanks

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