I'm online trying to desperately forget
the pain I'm in right now. It still is
only in it's beginning stages so I'm still
able to focus on something.
Four years ago I began getting this severe
pain in my upper abdominal (right under my
chest). The pain would last anywhere from
5 to 8 hours. It causes me to vomit every
15 minutes and no amount of over the
counter drugs can help it go away. I've
seen many doctors and no one can tell me
what the pain is. I was only prescribed
with Anaprox but that does not work at
all. I get the pain every month, lately
more frequently. The doctors don't think
it is ovarian cysts (I do have them)
because they say the pain is too high.
They also suspect endometriosis but the
pain does not come with my period all the
time. Within the last few months, the pain
has started lasting about 17 hours.
The pain kinda feels like an intense
burning pain that gradually gets worse and
worse then spreads to my lower back. I'm
extremely frustrated because I am always
sick and I'm tired of not going to work
because of it. I'm also tired of all these
doctors not knowing what is wrong with
me!
I need any advice from anyone out there.
Is this happening to you too?? Does anyone
know what it could be?? Please help!
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Tazzy D
Advanced Support Team
Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 3718 Location: , va
Posted: 08-21-08 14:03pm
have they done a cat scan or an mri?
anything like that? i went through the
same problems.. nothing was or is helping.
fianlly they did a cat scan with a pelvic
contrast and they found a tumor in my
rectus legion muscle of my adominal wall
and also doagnosed me with endometriosis.
it didnt come with my period all the time
either. when i got my period the first
couple of days was and still is very
unbearable..
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endosufferer
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Aug 2008 Posts: 6 Location: virgina,
Posted: 08-29-08 12:50pm
i have endometriosis and my pain is very
similar to urs it generally starts in my
abdomin then moves to my uetrus then moves
to my lower back it varius as to its
persistancy sometimes it goes away after a
min or two and then returns 10 mins later
and sometimes it can last all day the
vomiting also sounds familiar i lost 10
pounds in two weeks ... there r tests
they can do to see it is endo but the best
one is a labrascopy . they make u two very
small cuts one in ur belly button and one
by ur uetrus they stick a camera in one
and a laser in the other so if they find
any scar tissue they can easily remove it
. as far as treatments go their r 3 of
them that i know of .. they generally
start u out on birth control which helps
slow the growth of endo . when they put u
on the pill they will usually have u take
it continuously for three months then on
the third month u wil take the row of
water pills which will allow u to have a
period for that week u can also just not
have a period it depends on what u want
and what ur doc says is best it may take
soem time to find the right pill for u
aswell because everyones body is diff .
the second way is geting hormone shots
wich will throw u into a chemical
menopause causing u to no have ur peiod as
well and the final treatment is the
labrascopy as well because they can remove
the scar tissue that comes with endo ... u
really just need to go to a really good
OBGYN because endo is hard to
diagnosethey miss diagnosed me for 6
months after numerous hours of testing i
finally got a good doc that referred me to
an OB and some docs know nothing about it
so they dont even think to check u for
that .. good luck and keep ur head held
high
