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Re: (CLAUDIA) I need some answers (or educated guesses). PLEASE HELP ME(long)
From: crystal (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 5 Oct 2000 09:24:31 -0500 (CDT)
had my thyroid checked back in 96 and it came out normal but this was
right after my first son was born and i wasn't having too many problems
At Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Claudia Twisdale RN wrote:
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>You need to keep appt with endocrine doc. Have you had your thyroid
>and/or adrenal hormones checked?
>
>At Thu, 5 Oct 2000, crystal wrote:
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>>Hi I am a 26 yr old female who over the years has had many problems with
>>her female organs. I just asked to be sent to a endocrinologist to see
>>if they can help me but I'd really like to go in at least having an idea
>>of what may be wrong with me.
>>I don't expect anyone to have the answers but I would love to have your
>>opinions as to what I may be dealing with.
>> here's a breif history.....
>>
>>i have always been real regular up until i was 19 then I started getting
>>severe stomach pains that were paralizing. they came and went sometimes
>>even making me nausiated , lightheaded or dizzy. this went on for years
>>no one knowing why.
>>at 20 I had such pain that I'd have to leave work so that I could seek
>>treatment. One day a nurse at a free clinic I was passing noticed I was
>>in pain and asked me to come in. she sat me down and we talked for a
>>few minutes about how i had lost my cycles and was having sharp pains
>>and then she gave me some anti inflamitory drugs and told me to go to
>>planned parenthood for a work-up. I went the next day and had a pap
>>done and left because the anti inflamitory drugs seemed to be easing the
>>pain. while on the drugs the pain completely went away and I got
>>pregnant. 2 days later i got a note in the mail that my pap looked
>>funny and I needed to go see an obgyn. went there and had a caloscopy
>>due to being pregnant i couldn't do a bio. it came back as reading a
>>little funny but he said it wasn't bad and could be monitored.
>>after my son was born i returned for a pap and an ultrasound. the pap
>>was normal and the ultra sound showed @ 1 dozen small cyst on each
>>ovary. they said it was nothing to worry about and sent me home. the
>>next month (4 months after having my son) my cycles went away again.
>>@ age 22 i was put on bc pills to regain my cycles, it worked for almost
>>a year. then i started getting a strange swelling ( gain 30 pounds of
>>water litteraly over night) and was put on water pills... they worked
>>too. one day i was cramping real bad and had to go to the er. he said
>>i had a high white blood cell count in my urine but that he couldn't
>>find any signs of infection in my urinary tract (never found out what
>>caused this).
>>at 23 I went off all meds and was trying for a second child, it took
>>forever. it wasn't until the doc put me back on anti inflamitory pills
>>for the pain and swelling in my stomach that I finally got pregnant,
>>again after having received back a bad pap.
>>this prgnancy like before went off without many problems other then an
>>excessive weight loss while pregnant (40+ with first child, 100+ with
>>second),and on both ocassions my cervics dialated at least 2 months too
>>early causing me to have them both a month early.
>>now we are almost up to date. after having my son my cycles returned
>>for 3 months. then they just disappeared (not that i miss them much)but
>>after they left all sorts of weird things started to happen.
>> my bladder kept having slight leakage
>> my pain in my lower stomach returned
>>I instantly gained 80 pounds in under 3 months AFTER HAVING LOST MY
>>CYCLE
>> my hair started falling out
>> my mood swings so much that even I can't tollerate me
>> the swelling returned and worse
>> still having high white count in urine
>> ovaries still very sensitive
>> no sex drive, and on ocassion i do .......IT HURTS
>> puss being excreted from vagina
>> and now i have hair growing on my upper lip---what's that about?
>>
>>what could be wrong with me.. I need some ideas so that i know what i
>>need to research and what i need to ask my doctor to rule out.
>>
>>see i haven't gone back for a pap since just after my son was born and
>>lost my cycle that month..that's right , no cycle for almost 15 months.
>>can cry if someone says my name wrong and a total mess.
>>
>> I need some answers or a gun... can I get any help at all?
>> now we are almost
>>
>>--
>>crystal
>>
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crystal
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