WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 1999: Re: Vaginal Bleeding- is it Fibroids/cyst/endo?

Re: Vaginal Bleeding- is it Fibroids/cyst/endo?

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 20:18:08 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Gina wrote: >
>I have had pain on and off with sex the past 3 yrs or so (maybe longer,
>can't remember now). It has always felt like it's been been on my left
>side of my upper vaginal wall. Last year my doctor said it may be
>endometriosis (seemed like a guess), but we never did anything further
>because i didn't (and still won't till prob March of next year) have
>health insurance. Well, over the past month or so i started to get
>really bad itching (and feeling pressure on my bladder).. which
>sometimes hurts too, on that same left side. I went to the
>gynecologist- i had my yearly right before/around the time i started to
>have probs... they said that i had a lot of white cells in my
>discharge- gave me doxycycline... that didn't work at all- so i asked
>for Flagyl since i had a history of BV, so i thought maybe that would
>help. Took that, still didn't help. So i went back to the office
>again, this time they said the inside of my vagina looked fine, no BV,
>Trich, (slight yeast they said, but not enough to cause any probs). I
>happened to have a low temp during that time too- so i let them know,
>and they gave me a blood test too to make sure i didn't get any
>infection that went up in my cervix. Nothing...
>
>I did tell her about my vaginal pain and she poked the area that i told
>her had hurt, and she said the pain was up in my uterus.
>
>They told me maybe i should get an ultrasound, but since i don't have
>health ins, it's hard to say what to do. Because if i get it now and
>something is there i need surgery for.. when i do get health ins.. it
>won't be covered. Anyway- i have had bleeding since Oct 16th (light
>red- doesn't look like same color as when i have my period- and i won't
>be getting my period until Oct 27th). I'm worried that whatever is
>bothering me might be bleeding inside me. (i have been taking
>Ortho-Novum 7/7/7 the past 3 yrs and haven't had any probs really with
>the pill). Is this possible to have bleeding with cysts or fibroids- or
>endo? If it is caused by this, since it seems minor- should i be
>alarmed- and should it stay ok till i can have it checked out till March
>of next year? I think having intercourse for a long time might have
>aggrivated what i have- is that possible (if it's fibroids)?
>
>Sorry- i know that's a lot of questions!
>
>Thank You,
>Gina

>From the wide variety of information you have made available and the
lack of testing results from tests recommended, it is impossible to even hazard a guess as to exactly what is going on.

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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