Re: Never having another period
From: j wang, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Oct 2000 21:18:26 -0600 (CST)
Not having a period by skipping the placebo pills is actually safe. It
is much like being on continous estrogen/progestin replacement therapy.
if the bosy is not cycling on its own, and not menopausal, that can
cause hyperplasia, and maybe cancer. That's because there is not a
sufficient balance of progestin to "neutralize" the effect of estrogen.
This does occur in the pill.
At Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Bells wrote:
>
>I was horrified at this!
>
>I have PCOS, and one of the effects of it is to have very long gaps (six
>months or longer sometimes) between periods. I used to think this was
>great, until I started bleeding, and didnt stop. Six months later I
>went to a Dr, who advised me NOT having regular periods causes the
>uterine lining to build up abnormally. This can lead to Endometrial
>Hyperplasia, which is an abnormality of the uterine lining. I was
>lucky, I just had Endometrial Hyperplaysia. The next stage would have
>been endometrial hyperplasia with Atypia. This stage is always
>pre-cancerous, I would have had to have a hysterectomy. (I am only 30,
>the thought of this horrified me.)
>Please think long and hard about this - especially for a permenant
>'solution'. I suffer dreadful pain during my periods which leave me
>clammy, pale, and unable to stand up. I wouldnt trade them for anything
>now.
>
>At Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Sara wrote:
>>
>>There is an article in Novembers Cosmopolitan about how to never have
>>another period by skipping the placevo in your pill package. I am not
>>currently on the pill but the idea of never having migrane headaches and
>>cramps sounds too good to be true. Could someone please weigh out pros
>>and cons of this method? Thanks.
>
>--
>Thanks,
>Bells in Sydney, Australia
>
--
James Wang, M.D
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine
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