WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 1999: Re: Can anyone else relate?

Re: Can anyone else relate?

From: William D. McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 20 Jun 1999 01:24:50 -0500

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At Fri, 11 Jun 1999, ddtmm wrote: >
>I am 39 and have had a TAH/BSO for severe endometriosis and adhesions.
>Now at almost a year later I am still having alot of pain in my right side
>and also my right leg is giving me fits, if its not numb it hurts so bad I
>cant stand to walk on it.
>But now I dont know if this can be related or not, but I am having problems
>with my right shoulder. All my pain has always been on my right side, in
>just the past few months the pain has been getting worse on the right side
>and spreading to the left side and now my shoulder dislocates very
>easy(about 6 times in the last year). I was told by my Family medical doctor
>that this is ALL from the endometriosis.
>I guess I am just having a hard time trying to understand that endo can
>cause so many other problems.Has anyone else ever been told this or are you
>having some of the same problems?
>Thanks Denise

Endometriosis does not cause shoulder dislocations. Since your ovaries have been removed, it is unlikely that you have ongoing endometriosis, though the damage that was done by the endometriosis, or by the surgery(ies) to deal with the endometriosis, or both, could be causing the pain in the right side of your abdomen and/or pelvis, but no way is the shoulder from endo.

The leg and side pain may be from an entrapt nerve. There are nerves that run to the legs ontop of the muscles that form the back of the pelvis. These nerves are at risk with pelvic surgery, especially surgeries that are complicated by lots of inflammation and scarring, such as with endometriosis. Scars from the endo, or the attempt to get the endo out could impinge on these nerves, which could lead to the pain that you describe.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD Clarksville, TN

This is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to replace consultation and examination by your physician or other health care provider.

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