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Re: alt.tx. post hysterectomy

From: Joanne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 22 May 1997 21:40:07 -0400


Kelly Shanahan wrote: >
> Some doctors will wait 6 months, some 3, and some feel if the surgery
> was complete, you don't have to wait at all before starting ERT. In my
> own practice, I usually wait 3-6 months before starting a woman on
> estrogen if she had extensive endometriosis (by extensive, I mean on the
> intestines and the bladder)
>
> --
> Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
> S. Lake Tahoe, CA
>

Kelly,

Thanks for your response. As endo was on the bladder, ureters, and intestines, and in fact required a bowel resection, mine would definitely fall into the extensive category. I have read some confusing statistics, on the odds of endo returning post hysterectomy. If I read the stats right, since I did have a bilateral oophorectomy, my odds of a recurrence are maybe around 30%. Is that correct? If that is correct, are there any other measures, I can take, to decrease the odds further?

Thanks, Joanne aka suzieq@erols.com in southern, NJ




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