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Re: Passed lots of grey/flesh colored tissue, what is it?
From: Jessica Bardales MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 10 Sep 2003 20:02:19 -0500 (CDT)
There is no way of being conclusive on the nature of the tissue you
expelled without an histologic analysis.
At Wed, 10 Sep 2003, BDB wrote:
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>To start, I'm a 25 year old mom to 2. I've had 2 miscarriages, the last
>being in April 2003. Since then, I've had many problems with spotting
>throughout my cycle, very painful ovarian cysts, and fluid in my cul de
>sac. The Dr suggested I start hormonal birth control to see if that
>would help. I decided on the Ortho Evra patch and the day 1 start. Two
>days after my period was due (I have had 26 day cycles since April), I
>spotted a tiny bit and went ahead and applied the patch before bed
>thinking my period would start while I slept (as usual for me). For the
>next 12 days, I passed EWCM (egg-white cervical mucus) that had a few
>pinkish threads through it. For the past 3 days, I've been having
>moderate-severe cramps through my addomen and back. Yesterday, I
>started to bleed moderately, still not heavy. Last night, I removed my
>tampon before bed and 2 large (about 3" long, quarter-size circumfrence)
>grayish/beige/dark red clots fell into the toilet. When I wiped, there
>was a third clot the same size and color - they were mostly gray/beige
>with a little dark red. It looked very similar to my prior
>miscarriages. I called the Dr on-call and he said take a pregnancy test
>so I did and it was negative. He said it wasn't a miscarriage, take off
>the patch, let myself bleed the rest of the week and put a new patch on
>this coming Sunday (starting a new 4 week patch cycle). Is this normal
>while on the patch? What else could the tissue be? I never skip a period
>and never go past 27 day cycles either, not to mention that I never pass
>clots.
--
Jessica Bardales MD, SOCOG
Hospital Ginecobstetrico Docente Provincial, Camaguey, Cuba.
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