I posted a while back about starting on Lupron with norethindrone add back therapy. My first shot was a one month because my doc had a sample in her office. She warned me that my pain would likely increase over the next few days. What I felt was unimaginable. I had the shot on a Thursday and Friday passed with no real noticeable change in my pain. ( Read more... )

I recently posted about being started on Lupron. This was my last chance at any sort of pharmaceutical treatment before moving on to surgery. After 2 weeks from day 1 on Lupron I have had zero change in my pain. After 2 months lost to narcotic pain killers I had reached my limit. I had a follow up appointment with my doc today. After an incredibly ( Read more... )

I wanted to post a link to this article regarding recurrent endometriosis pain after hysterectomy. The doctor who performed my hysterectomy is on the panel, Dr. David Redwine of Bend, Oregon.

From the article:
"over a 175 patients that I have performed surgery on, who still have endometriosis after having their uterus, tubes and ovaries removed. ( Read more... )

Over a month ago, I wrote about having my intervaginal ultrasound. I did get the results, and they were as you all stated. The results were not at all indicative of endo. On the upside, the results that I predicted (not having ovarian cysts) were gained. At least, on the right ovary, which is the one they were able to look at. They want me to do an ( Read more... )

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Hi, I'm a thirtysomething, I've had 4 children (almost 16, 8-1/2, almost 6, and 4), and I've been battling with endometriosis symptoms since my youngest was born 4 years ago. Not going to go into any horrific detail in my intro, but my official diagnoses from my doctor are endometriosis, dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia, chronic pelvic pain, and I also ( Read more... )

For those of you who have had a hysterectomy, what was your recovery like? My biggest concern is that I have a Seeing Eye dog and I can't go too long a time without working her. Also, how long did you have to stay in the hospital post-op?

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