WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2001: Re: Whats wrong with me??? Have I got Endometriosis??? Whats the next step??? Discharge of Embryo's???

Re: Whats wrong with me??? Have I got Endometriosis??? Whats the next step??? Discharge of Embryo's???

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:23:15 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Karen wrote: >
>I have been seeing a Gyn / Specialist now for over 2 year and I've been
>going through a lot of pelvic pain, lower back pain, irregular periods,
>nausiea, vomiting, painful intercourse, painful after intercourse, sharp
>pain in the virginal area, tiredness and other signs of Endometriosis
>for the past 7 / 4 years. My doctor put me on the BCP (Birth Control
>Pill) when I first started with irregular periods but after only 4
>months my periods became irregular once again (I take it my body got
>used to BCP). My doctor then refered my to see a Gyn / Specialist who
>decided it was best to do a Lap (which was done on "Sep 15th 1999" but
>all was clear). When I returned to see my Gyn / Specialist he told me
>about trying H.R.T which I was put on for three weeks, then a break for
>a week and then take again for three week which I took for six months
>all together but even that wasn't working so I was told to take the
>H.R.T tablets for three months continuously and then to return and see
>him. After taking the H.R.T tablets for a total of nine months he told
>me about the "Mirena Coil" which I had fitted on "Sep 16th 2000" and so
>far its causeing more pain that I was in before and Im in pain every
>day, not one day has passed sinec having it fitted without pain, Im also
>still gettig the irregular periods of between 5 / 14 days break between
>each period which can last anything from 3/ 44 days at a time. Also
>since having the "Mirena Coil" fitted I've had two discharges which look
>very much like Embrio's and when I explained the discharge to my doctor
>he had the look on him face like "His isn't meant to happen". I have
>been back to see my doctor who is refering me to go back to my Gyn /
>Specialist to have a word with him but to be honest I just want him to
>take the "Mirena Coil" out because its clear its causeing more harm than
>good.
>I just want to know, is it ENDOMETRIOSIS??????? the discharges I had was
>about an inch long with tiny little clusters in a bud type shape at the
>end of the inch long womb tissue, was this what i thought it was, an
>EMBRIYO??????? Whats the next step???????
> Please e-mail me with your reply or leave a message.
>
>thank you to you all,
>
>Karen ( anonymous@obgyn.net )

Karen, The symptoms you describe could certainly be consistent with endometriosis. However, endometriosis is a diagnosis of visualization and you had a scope done last year, when the symptoms were present, that did not show endo. Thus, I would presume that either the scope was in error, or you didn't have endo. Whether or not the coil is contributing, there is really only one way to find out and that is removal. With regard to the passage of embryos, it would be doubtful purely from the standpoint that embroyos are very difficult to see, even for the trained eye. It is unlikely that that is what you saw... Lynn

--
Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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