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endometricosis
hello im asking for my sister in law has any of you ever had endometriosis? if so what kind of pain were you expernicing? she has been having a non stopping pain from across her belly button down to the hair line she went to the doctor yesterday he listened to hear then he told her this is what she has he wants her to take progesterone he said if this is what she has it will make the pain go away he wants her to take half a pill a day for 2 months he said she will feel like shes preagant (which i never felt really any different when i was 2 months preagant) but anyway she got these pills last night and she always reads the possible side ewffects wel it says these can cause cancer strokes alot of not good things so now shes scared to take it so we called the drug store get along with the pharmacsit real good she said they just put this warning on there because if a person is taking this and estrogen then there is a possibility cancer or something could develop but shes not taking estrogen so they say go ahead and take this progesterone the doctor said he would only give this to her for 2 months then she would have 3 choices 1. get preaganent 2. surgery because of ovaries or 3. live wuth the pain so could anybody tell me if they have this endometriosis? and if you have ever used progesterone thank you also what kind of pain were you expericing?
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05-05-2004 09:34 AM
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Re: endometricosis
I have endometriosis, i never took the progesterone, My doctor only prescribed 800 mil of Motrin to take 3 times a day for pain. Then i had minor surgery where the doctor went in and cleaned and burned the ends ( edometriosis is like spider webs of tissue that attach themselves on anything they can find) so my doctor remove what he could get. This was 9 years ago, he then told me it will be back ( it is ) and i will go for a hysterectomy next. The pains are 10 times worse then a periods pain, when i do have my period i bleed more then 7 days. I take motrin, plus a heating pad and i curl up in bed ready to die...lol It really hurts. I would recommend surgery like i had if she is young, it did prolong it for 9 years and everything was fine, but like my doctor said it will be back.
Good luck
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Re: endometricosis
thank you every little bit of information helps its really bad on her left side in the belly button area then works its way down thanks again
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Re: endometricosis
Have her get a second opinion. I don't approve of doctors who's advice includes "get pregnant". Progesterone is the hormone that your body produces in abundance when you are pregnant. When you add it to your body and you aren't pregnant, you may feel the effects of pregnancy. A little bit of this goes a very long way.
Different doctors will treat this differently but if he is mentioning surgery she may want a second opinion before she does anything else.
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.
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Re: endometricosis
I have this right now and the pain is very very bad I am going in to have surgery maybe next month they have not called me back yet. My pain however is not that high it is lower and it hurts into my back. I bleed for several days 10 or more most of the time my doctor gave me pain pills and they don't even kill the pain but they do make it a little more liveable for my family LOL but not me! The med's that they have her on can cause some horried side effects and my doctor said he would not give them to me. There is the pill as well that can be taken but if she has all the children that she is going to have the surgery to have it all removed is the best and will cure it all the way. If she does want more children then by getting pregnant it will stop it for a while.
I speak my mind because it hurts to bite my tongue!
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