Alison Re: ectopic,pmdd/pms, and endemetriosis

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I too, have severe cramps and bloating. My doctor suspects it is due to endometriosis, but it can only be diagnosed laproscopically and sometimes through ultrasound... both are expensive... and unless you have been trying to conceive for more than a year, most doctors I have talked to will not officially diagnose it... furthermore, the only treatment is surgery...

Naprosen (Alleve, Anaprox, Naproxen) definitely is the only drug that helps reduce those cramps... hang in there.. and contact your doctor about the sac...

At Wed, 18 Apr 2001, alison wrote: >

>I had an ectopic pregnancy in resolved with methotrexate in february. My
>hcg was 5 in march, and the ultrasound in march showed a collappsed sac
>on my R fimbrea. Unfortunately, a month and a half later the sac is
>still there. Is this normal? Do I need to have it removed? I wanted to
>try again next month.
>
>Then, before I got pregnant this time for about 4 months, I had severe
>cramps and depression about a week before my periods. My doctor said
>that I had pmdd/pms. She told me to exercise, eat right, and take
>calcium and naprison for the pain. Last month I got my first period,
>and I was very depressed a week before and then had cramps as well. I
>had that period April 6. It was 5 days,and my cycle is usually every 28
>days. Anyway, yesterday the 17th I started having severe cramps and
>back pain, and it has not gone away, but has been continuous. It kept
>me awake and all of the things that she told me to do are not helping.
>The back pain is really bad. Sometimes I can't do anything. Is this
>normal? I also have a cyst on my R side that I've taken one month of
>Levlen for.
>
>I also have no reasons for having an ectopic. One nurse that I talked
>to said that pms does not cause ectopics,but that I might have
>endometriosis because of all of the cramps and things. Do you think I
>could possibly have endometriosis? Will you tell me the symptoms? I have
>heavy periods, diarrea around my periods, fatigue, severe cramps, etc.

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