Re: MENOPAUSE: Thickened endometrial lining.... inducing a period with progesterone?
From: Cappy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 5 Dec 2007 10:27:38 -0600 (CST)
This will be day 5 of the progesterone to induce period. At this point,
doesn't it make sense to see if period comes? If it does, and lining
sheds, then a biopsy would not be needed, would it? Or do it anyhow?
I see your point, however, that this could have been ordered right away.
But being as I've been taking the progesterone..?
I'm not in a hurry to get back on estrogen unless I go back to horrible
sweats (Estroven is doing pretty well and just read about pycnogenol).
Tho I have osteopenia and osteoporosis in the family and can't take
Fosamax (muscle pain), so estrogen might be a good thing (no breast
cancer in family).
And I did have a thickened lining before taking estrogen once
--
Cappy
At Wed, 5 Dec 2007, Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb wrote:
>
>Message posted on Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb behalf by: Hope, Fibroid and
>Women’s Health Forum Moderator
>
>The concept of taking estrogen and progesterone without an acceptable
>pathological diagnosis is not acceptable. You are flirting with
>potential
>disaster of hiding a malignancy. Have an endometrial biopsy and then
>you can
>have more estrogen , that is if you are not concerned about breast
>cancer.
>
>Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb
>New York Downtown Hospital, http://www.nohysterectomy.com
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>At Sat, 1 Dec 2007, Cappy wrote:
>>Hello! Just found this place.
>>Perhaps someone has experience in this area.
>>I'm 55 and my last real period was in early 2006. I had one induced
>>period because of thickened endometrial lining. Progesterone was rxed
>>for 10 days, 20 mg provera... tho I was having trouble with the 20 mg
>>so had to cut back a bit. DID get the period!! That was later in 2006.
>>
>>Does this dosage of provera sound like enough? I just wonder since the
>>first time round was l0 days of 20 mg.... this is 5 days of l0 mg.
>>
>>If I don't get bleeding then I have to get a biopsy ;-/ I sure want to
>>avoid that as I have no transportation there or back, and figure they
>>must give you something for pain. Also, what are the odds of a thick
>>lining being cancerous?
>>
>>Would this indicate I should not take any more estrogen ever (tho I may
>>want to jump off a cliff if the nightsweats get really bad, as they
>>were)?
>>
>>Thanks so much.
>>
>>Any input is appreciated.
>>
>>Pray for my "period"! lol...
>>
>>Thanx.
>>
>>C.
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