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Re: ( Dr. McIntosh)From: Peggy (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 2 May 2000 14:51:32 -0500 (CDT)
At Tue, 2 May 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: > >At Tue, 2 May 2000, Peggy wrote: >> >>At Tue, 25 Apr 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >>>Dr. McIntosh, >>Joint pain has increased since I posted this on April 25th and the >>naproxen is not helping much .I just went for the second injection of >>Lupron this past Friday and I questioned the nurse at my Drs. office >>about this and her first reply to me was that joint pain was not GYN >>related. I told her that what was in question was whether it could be >>related to the Lupron and she told me no.I guess she needs to read up on >>the possible side effects.Any way I had also mentioned in the April 25th >>post that the pelvic pain has increased since starting the Lupron.It >>seems like it is getting worse instead of better.Maybe because of the >>other aches and pain I am having is making the pelvic pain seem worse >>?Another thing is that I am having breast tenderness.To remind you I >>have had a hyst and BSO and doing lupron because Dr. thinks I have >>ovarian remnant.Have you seen this in your practice? My breasts haven't >>felt this way since my lst period in April 1998 before I had the >>Hyst.What could this be caused from?I know that some Drs. give add back >>estrogen to off set the side effects but I don't think this is an option >>for me.Thanks for any advice you can give me on this. Peggy > >I am not sure why add-back therapy is not a option for you. Your >response to the LUpron is not very reassuring. If it were going to >work, the benefits should have begun by now. Myalgias are really muscle >pain, and less joint pain. The Lupron MIGHT cause the joint pain that >you are having, but that is not really what I would expect to see. I >would be tempted to take you off the Lupron and track your symptoms. Of >course, it will be 30-60 days before the Lupron wears off. > >Add back therepy was not an option for me as I am told due to the fact of me still having pain after everything that has been done i.e. Hyst,laporscopes ,Withholding estrogen replacedment for 3 months after the remaining ovary was removed.What might you attribute the breast tenderness from ?Peggy
>William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
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