WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 1998: Re: Severe headaches; 7 weeks post TAH-BSO

Re: Severe headaches; 7 weeks post TAH-BSO

From: Stacy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:58:55 -0600

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Hi Beth! my name is stacy. I have headaches all my life i am 23. I was just diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri syndrome. That causes severe headaches and blindness. I dont know if you are having these problems but i would ask a doctor to check you out. You should see a neurologist for these headaches. Its caused by high spinal fluid. Your eyes will tell the story. Well if you want to talk more please write back. Bye for now! Stacy stacy@maqs.net

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> From: Beth <bethwilliams@worldnet.att.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <womens-health@talk.obgyn.net>
> Subject: Severe headaches; 7 weeks post TAH-BSO
> Date: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 10:40 AM
>
> Help! I am 7 weeks post TAH-BSO.  I went home from the hospital on the
> estrogen patch and felt great the first couple of weeks.  I switched to
> Estrace 2 mg about 4 weeks post surgery because the patches irritated my
> sensitive skin.  Then the headaches started -- very severe and not
> touched by any meds (I started with Excedrin and have tried codeine,
> percocet, darvocet, and fioricet, all with no luck).  After 2 weeks of
> Estrace, my doc switched me to Ortho-est 1.25 mg because I complained
> about the headaches.  That didn't seem to make a difference; after 2
> days and unrelenting pain for the previous 2 weeks, I just quit taking
> the estrogen altogether.  Viola! the pain went away -- BUT (and there
> always is one, isn't there?) it came back after 3 days.  Yesterday was
> hell; I couldn't cope at all and had to call my husband at work and ask
> him to come home early.  The pain and/or meds makes it hard for me to
> think straight and I can't figure out what to do now.  I have an apt
> with my doc next week; should I wait til then or call him now?
>
> Also, I have been on estrogen cream every other night (my vagina is not
> quite healed up yet), so I suppose I am absorbing some of this into my
> system as well.  I also take Prozac and Wellbutrin in the AM and
> Trazadone at night and can't figure out how these meds play into this
> mess.  Any help will be appreciated!
>
> --
> Beth W.  :(

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