Re:Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:21:09 -0400
From: jennifer (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jun 30 08:14:34 1999
Sure, Good Luck!
Jennifer
>----- Original Message -----
From: Jenn <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 8:47 AM
Subject: Re:
> thanks for writing! I never have been told about the risk of cancer and i
> totally trust my gyn. I know that in the past he said that i need a
period
> to get pregnant (when i am ready to). he also said that i may need
medical
> intervention and he nor anyone else can explain why i dont have them. I
> never had a problem until an ovarian cyst in 1993 and had surgery for it.
> for the rest of 1993, i had the black stuff but it wasnt' a real period
and
> then all of a sudden it stopped for a month or two (no real bleedign but
> constant dysfunctional uterine bleeding) and pain. then in 1994 that was
> it. it lasted like 24 hours and never again. i dont' even spot. i have
> been on the pill now for like 8 months. was off everythign for like 3
> months before that. they say they can't figure it out but was just
curious.
> thanks a mil!
>
> Jenn
>
> At 09:40 PM 6/29/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Jenn
> >
> >I have sort of the same thing. I don't get my period either. Although I
do
> >get what I would call hemorrhaging once a year or so. Although the BCPs
did
> >make me have spotting when I was supposed to get my period every month.
> >Since I have gone off them and had the laps I have bled and had massive
pain
> >6 or 7 times ( its not cramps). So I don't know whether it should be
called
> >a period. My doc doesn't thinks its ok to not have a period. He says that
it
> >puts me at greater risk for cancer.
> >
> >Thought maybe it would help. Sorry if it doesn't.
> >
> >Jennifer :-)
>> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Jenn <medterms@watchic.net>
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <endo@talk.obgyn.net>
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 7:35 PM
> >
> >> Hi there ladies! I havent' posted in a little while. Still feeling
> >great.
> >> I had asked a question months ago but didn't get a response so thought
> >that
> >> since many new people have joined us, maybe someone can relate to this.
I
> >> am 23 and havent' had a period since 6/2/94. that's right......5
years.
> >i
> >> was on lupron etc for a very long time but even before that and on the
> >bcps
> >> nothing happened. i have only my right ovary left and have been on a
very
> >> very low dose estrogen pill (levlite). my gyn says that some dont have
a
> >> period and we know that my estrogen levels are perfectly normal which
is a
> >> good thing. i was just wondering if anyone else has had this before.
my
> >> gyn says that if he gave me something to start it , i may be back to
> >square
> >> one. we dont want that! just curious since most of you have been
talking
> >> about cramping and heavy bleeding etc. just wondering how long it will
go
> >> on like this. it stopped on its own..not because of lupron etc. it
has
> >> been 1 year since the last lupron. my gyn said that it takes time from
> >that
> >> but not this long we know. nothing else seems to be wrong and i am
very
> >> very thankful but sometimes it bugs me. this week i am on the sugar
pills
> >> and that is usually when i get thinking about it. thanks for
listening.
> >>
> >> Jenn from Maine
> >>
> >
>
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