Re: confused about ovulation v. periods--Dr. Sam please read
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 1 May 2001 15:51:54 +0100 (MET DST)
Hi Zowie,
Thetre is very little I can tell you retrospectivefly. What should have been done (endometrial biopsy/vaginal ultrasound, hormone levels) has been missed. With Lupron Depot your entier system that regulates ovulation is blown out.
> Hi Dr. Sam,
> I found what you said very interesting. Especially the:
> "Now the next problem is, there is no way
> to distinguish a uterine bleeding from a menses. And you can bleed
> anytime from your endometrium if it isn't properly supported by ovarian
> steroid hormones." With all of the bleeding I have gone through
> (especially BEFORE starting the BCP--I had _continuous_ bleeding for
> darn near a whole YEAR), I'm wondering if there is a more serious or
> unknown problem. So was the constant bleeding I had an actual
> menstruation, or was this uterine bleeding?
No way, this is a so called disfunctional uterine bleeding
S.
I assume if the latter this
> means that my endometrium wasn't "supported" by the ovarian steroid
> hormones??
Correct
S
What exactly does that mean, and should I look out for
> something? I've stopped bleeding now, after being given that Lupron
> Depot shot at the end of March (although I did have about 5 days of
> bleeding, with some sudden stopping/starting in between). Any idea of
> what I can expect now? I'm on 2mg Avandia twice a day, a daily prenatal
> multivitamin (for vitamins) and Ferro Sequels--1 pill twice a day. I am
> IR, borderline hypoglycemic and anemic. I await further blood results
> tomorrow morning. Anything else I should have checked?? I'd like your
> advice. Thank you.
> --Zowie :)
>
> >Human body is a very complicated mechanism(?) and it doesn't work with
> the regularity of mechanical or electric devices. It is common wisdom that
> MENSTRUATION (menses) follows ovulation by 14 d. I have investigated
> several dozens of healthy women's cycles (and am familiar with hundreds of
> others published) by ultrasound and hormone measurments and about one of
> every 10 cycles is anovulatory with timely menses. Now the next problem is,
> there is no way to distinguish a uterine bleeding from a menses. And you
> can bleed anytime from your endometrium if it isn't properly supported by
> ovarian steroid hormones. There is an old wisdom among people familiar with
> RE: the only proof of ovulation is pregnancy!
> >Hope this helps you understand this very difficult problem
> >
> >Sam
>
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