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endometriosis treatments...another question for the doctors
From: Kim (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:17:09 -0500 (CDT)
When you say another surgery, are you meaning another lap or a different
type of surgery? Also, when he does the pelvic exam, there is always
pain when he moves the cervix...is this usually from the endo also?
At Fri, 27 Apr 2001, M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, wrote:
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>At Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Kim wrote:
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>>Hello, I had a laparoscopy to remove endometriosis in January. I went
>>back to my physician for the second post-op follow up last week. He is
>>not happy with my progress. I'm still having some pain, although not as
>>severe as before the surgery. I am currently taking Loestrin
>>continuously. He says he wants to give it two more months and if there
>>isn't significant improvement, we may have to try something else. What
>>would be the next step after this? I did 6 months of Lupron last year,
>>have tried BCP in the past, already had surgery, so what next?
>>
>>--
>>Kim
>>
>high dose progesterone, danazol, another course of Lupron or another
>surgery
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>--
>M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
>South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Kim
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