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Re: CHRONICPAIN: Can Anyone Please Give Me Some Advice
From: Mandy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:51:24 -0600 (CST)
Thank you so much for the information and the link! I will look into it
right away!
At Mon, 10 Dec 2007, anonymous wrote:
>
>As someone who has endo, it sounds to me like that could be what you
>have. Many doctors are not skilled enough to recognize all the forms of
>the disease. Go to http://www.centerforendo.com to read what Dr. Albee (an
>endometriosis specialist) has to say. If you can, get to a specialist.
>
>Good luck!
>
>At Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Mandy wrote:
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>>Hello. I am 25. I am married and we have decided that if we do ever
>>have children we will adopt.
>>I started getting my period at the age of 10. The first several years I
>>experienced a lot of irregularity in my periods. As I got a little
>>older, I started having a lot of pain and fatigue with them.
>>Endometriosis runs in my family, so at age 15 I started on birth control
>>pills to help with the pain and other symptoms I was experiencing (it
>>didn't help much, but at least it regulated my periods).
>>At 18, I was still having a lot of problems with pain. Depo provera was
>>relatively new on the market and my gynecologist thought that it was a
>>good option because it would stop me for my ovulating and I wouldn't
>>have periods.
>>For several years I did have a lot of weight gain, but I was doing
>>pretty well.
>>In late 2004 I started having a lot of pain. At first, my health care
>>provider thought it might be related to my recent appendectomy and
>>performed several tests through summer 2005. Having not found anything,
>>he refered me to my gynecologist for advice. After more test and
>>finally a transvaginal ultra sound, it was found that I had a small
>>tumor in my uterus. They did not think that it was casuing my pain, but
>>thought it best to remove it. I was scheduled for a exploratory
>>laproscopic surgery in December 2005. The tumor was removed, little to
>>no trace of Endimetriosis was found, but it was deteremined that I had
>>Polycystic Ovaries and was told that it could be treated with hormone
>>therapy.
>>In early 2006, my gynecologist decided to take me off Depo because it
>>was likely a contributing factor to my tumor. Since then I have been
>>having to change birth control every 5 to 6 months. On birth control
>>where I don't have periods for months, I am fine for a short time and
>>then start having almost constant pelvic pain that is near
>>incapacitating. On pills where I have a monthly period, I am
>>incapacitated for several days because of the pain and other symptoms I
>>experience with my period.
>>I have tried pain medications and herbal remedies to help with the pain,
>>fatigue, and other symptoms, but nothing seems to help.
>>I am at a loss at what to do. I've switched gynecologist twice since
>>the surgery and none of them have seemed to really care about my pain
>>and discomfort. One actually told me that "pain like this is just the
>>way it is for some women. They have an overly sensitive pelvic area and
>>there's nothing we can do about it." Another told me that "you should go
>>back to your family physcian because I don't think your pain is related
>>anything gynecological." Surely, there must be something I can do?
>>Thank you for taking your time to read this and offer suggestions.
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