WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2001: Re: Need advice

Re: Need advice

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 24 Jul 2001 13:44:12 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Jenny wrote: >
>I'm 26 years old and about 2 years ago I had a laporoscopy....
>Let me rewind and say I was on the Depoprovera shot which caused me to
>bleed for two months straight, then I had to have a DNC and then the
>laporoscopy.
>Anyway...the doctor said I had endometriosis and that it was pretty bad
>for my age. I went on Lupron for six months and had NO problems with
>it.
>You know the occasional hot flash, but it was the winter so I was fine.
>
>Now I wanted to go off the pill to see if I can lose some weight, and
>the two months that I went of the pill were horrible. Flow was bad, and
>back to the same number of days as before, 3 bad 4 medium flow days.
>
>Has anyone heard of having more the one laporoscopy?
>Is this a treatment that has to be repeated?
>
>Does anyone know of any natural remedies to endometriosis?
>
>Thanks!

You will have endometriosis for as long as you have functioning ovaries, and so, yes, it is extremely common to have multiple laparoscopies and/or multiple courses of Lupron in its treatment.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute for consultation and examination by a licensed medical professional.

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