Re: Response to Lakefever2 Re: cramping
From: Lisa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 08 Nov 2002 14:56:38 -0800 (PST)
I have had the same symptoms since I begain getting my
period at 14 (the sex part came a little later in life).
Anyway... I had a laporoscopy(sp?) when I was 19,
becuase they suspected I had endo... which I guess I
do... they found some adhesions and spots that
suggested endo. I had been being treated for PCOS
prior to that with bcps and spironalactone and the
treatment hasn't changed (though i'm trying to get the
tests done so maybe my doc will put me on met.)... At
the time I was told that surgery was the only way to
get an affirmative diagnosis (I don't know if that has
changed in the past few years) and besides surgery
(they use a laser to remove the adhesions and 'spots')
I don't know of any other treatment really.
So if you are diagnosed with endo... the treatment is
about the same... the only other thing I did was a
round of lupron shots once a month for six months which
stopped my period and therefore stopped the tissue from
growing other than where it is supposed to.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
I'm sorry this is a little off topic... but having both
PCOS and endo is kind of a double whammy... both can
make it difficult to concieve, along with other
unpleasantries.
Lisa
Lakefever2 wrote:
>
> Yes, I get this all the time (as I write)but the last
> few days have been more noticable than normal. I get
> a lot of cramping too, during and after sex in which
> my doctor says it's completely normal. ARGH.
>
> I never feel good. I've always said that I always
> have those PMS symptoms before, during and after my
> period!!! So basically, I never feel good. My dcotor
> has always questioned whether I had endometriosis,
> too...but doesn't want to do surgery. He's one of
> those types that thinks something is wrong with the
> autonomic system and that Endometriosis is a SYMPTOM
> not the problem. I think it's a good thing that he is
> trying to fix everything else before doing
> surgery...but sometimes I just want to do it and find
> out whether or not I really have it. You know?
> Anyway....he did say he'd do surgery in a few months
> if I still felt bad cramping...
>
> I don't know...I feel like a basketcase and definitely
> a hypochondriac. My hormones are so out of wack!!
>
> --- Rachel <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
> > you wrote:
> >
> > "This is a change of subject: Last night after
> > dinner, I started getting
> > minor, minor cramps. I'm not due for another period
> > till around the
> > 21st. It sort of went away her eand there last
> > night and I woke up
> > fine. Now it's 10:15 a.m. eastern time and I'm now
> > getting cramps.
> > THey come and go and are getting worse."
> >
> > Have you had this before? It sounds like you're
> > cramping midcycle. I
> > cramp so badly midcycle and around/during
> > menstruation that I have
> > diarrhea. The cramping comes in waves and sometimes
> > I feel it coming on
> > slowly over a period of hours, like you're
> > describing. When I asked my
> > OB-Gyn about it, she said it's probably caused by a
> > sensitivity to the
> > prostaglandins which activate at those times. Of
> > course, cramping can
> > be a normal part of the cycle so when I read more on
> > it, the only
> > recommendation was to take OTC meds like Tylenol,
> > Aleve, etc. That's
> > fine but what I'm frustrated about is when the
> > cramping comes on
> > suddenly and there's nothing I can do about curbing
> > it...it's too late
> > to take anything and I just have to suffer through
> > the sudden onsets.
> > And the pain is so bad it feels just like hard
> > labor. I know because I
> > was induced w/ prostaglandins for my first pregnancy
> > and the cramping
> > sensations I have w/ the bimonthly episodes feel
> > identical to that
> > experience. Hope this is helpful.
> >
>
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