WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 2001: Re: followup for AJ

Re: followup for AJ - Re: CA-125 level and endometriosis?

From: AJ (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:07:13 -0500 (CDT)

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Hello again. I certainly understand your concern about the risks. I think my worst fear was that I wouldn't be able to move or talk, but I would be able to feel them doing the surgery. If you do decide to have one, ask the dr that will be doing it how many he/she has done. A lot of people recommend that the dr to have done at least 1,000. As for the symptoms,oh boy lol. Mine started out with the long, heavy, painful periods from day one. I was always irregular, but could count on bleeding heavily for 7 days. Instead of going through all of my symptoms (lol, it's a long list and my dr is trying to figure out what's related to endo, and what's not), here are a list of the common symptoms, but remember you can have all, some, or none of these symptoms to have endo. Some signs that may lead you to suspect Endo include - but are by no means limited to - any of the following: chronic or intermittent pelvic pain dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation is not normal!) infertility miscarriage(s) ectopic (tubal) pregnancy dyspareunia (pain during intercourse) pain after intercourse backache leg pain nausea vomiting abdominal cramping diarrhea rectal pain constipation painful bowel movements blood in stool rectal bleeding sharp gas pains bloating tailbone pain blood in urine tenderness around the kidneys painful or burning urination flank pain radiating toward the groin urinary frequency, retention, or urgency hypertension coughing up of blood or bloody sputum, particularly coinciding with menses accumulation of air or gas in the chest cavity constricting chest pain and/or shoulder pain shortness of breath collection of blood and/or pulmonary nodule in chest cavity (revealed under testing) pain in the leg and/or hip which radiates down the leg

Fatigue, chronic pain, and allergies and other immune system-related problems are also commonly reported complaints of women who have Endo. Remember, it is quite possible to have some, all, or none of these symptoms. Because Endo symptoms are so inconsistent and nonspecific, it can easily masquerade as several other conditions. These include: adenomyosis ("Endometriosis Interna"), appendicitis, ovarian cysts, bowel obstructions, colon cancer, diverticulitis, ectopic pregnancy, fibroid tumors, gonorrhea, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, ovarian cancer, and PID.

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If you would like some links to endo pages or for me to send you some
articles that I have about endo, you can email me privately @
endogirl78@yahoo.com , I'll more than happy to give you the info that I have.
Hope this has helped some.
Take Care and God Bless,
AJ

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