Re: Help!
From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 20 Apr 2001 00:01:14 -0500 (CDT)
At Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Angie wrote:
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ALREADY ANSWERED ON OTHER LIST.
>Hi group..I'm a 22 year old female. I've experience pelvic pain for the
>past 10 months or so along with what I was told is IBS. I'm thinking
>the two may be related. I had a pap smear this week and the doctor said
>she felt a "mass" on either side of my lower pelvis. She ordered an
>Abdominal Ultra Sound for me but I don't go in until May 11th. I'm
>researching to find out what the cause
>may be and since endo runs in my family I think this may be what I'm
>looking at. However I'm not sure that endo associates a pelic "mass".
>I'm scared about cancer. I was wondering if anyone had any insight on
>the symptoms other than pain. I've found my periods to be VERY clotty,
>but on time and not longer than 5 days which is normal. When I urinate
>there is usually a little bit of white discharge at the bottom of the
>toilet afterwards. I have this all the time but a
>bowel or bladder release seems to increase it. The pain is on both
>sides of my lower pelvic region two inches inward from my thigh. My
>bowel goes off an on. One week constipated, the next i'm going
>constantly. Very tired, loosing alot of weight even though eating
>habits haven't changed. Having Panic/Anxiety attacks off and on. Any
>ideas? This waiting is stressing me!
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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG
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