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Re: ally...No hope?
From: Robert Radnich, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 3 May 1999 22:06:12 -0500 (CDT)
Denise, Many physicians feel that the addition of a progestin (such as
Provera) to estrogen in women with endometriosis will help prevent pain
associated with residual endometriosis. Might try Prempro or some other
combination such as Combipatch. If you are in that much pain, I would
also consider a course of Lupron prior to any of the above.
At Mon, 3 May 1999, ddtmm wrote:
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>I am stumped. I have seen over 40 different doctors in the past two years,
>form GPs to oncologists and every kind in between and they are all as
>stumped as I am. I have had a TAH/BSO for lower abdominal pain. Both
>surgerys have revealed endometriosis and massive amounts of adhesions. But
>neither of the surgerys helped with releaving the pain. I have been tried
>two different times on Climara.(0.05) The frist time 4 months after surgery
>and the second time 9 months after surgery. Both times the pain got so much
>worse that they had to take me off the patch.( it takes about 3 weeks for
>the pain to subside but it never goes away completely )So now the
>question....I know estrogen is very important( I am only 39 years old) Is
>there anything else I can try to protect myself and not make this pain
>worse? None of the doctors will do another surgery because of the report
>from my last surgery.
>I have been told by two different pain clinics that I will just have to
>learn to *live* with this pain. That there is nothing to treat this *kind*
>of pain.(what ever that means)
>I just can not beleive that there is no hope to ever be pain free again.
>Please if anyone has any ideas I would be truley greatful.
> Denise
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R.H. Radnich,MD,FACOG
OB/GYN Associates of Dover
540 S. Governors Ave.
Dover, Delaware 19904
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