Heavy periods, pain during sex, pain in the pelvic area .... Posted: 09-13-07 19:40pm
alot of wierd stuff so i will just start
from the beginning.
i started my perios when i was 12 and ive
always had a heavy flow. Lately is has
been just horrible though. probably about
the past 5 years but getting worse and
worse. I have to double up using super
plus (the huge ones) tampson AND pads when
i actually do have a period. I have really
irregular periods though i usually only
have one every couple months.
when me and my husband have sex its
AWEFULL it hurts very bad and sometimes i
even start spotting after weve tried ( i
can hardly ever go al the way through with
it).
Some symptoms that are really starting to
worry me though are constant pain in the
pelvic area and and i always feel totally
bloated. The thing that really scared me
is that ive started having some problems
with my bladder. I sometimes have a
horrible time starting to go and ive had a
couple instances where i have gone
basically involuntarily. My discharge
seems to always have kind of a pinkish
tint to it and i spot all the time in
between periods.
Ive told my doctor about all my symptoms
and my family history ( my sister was
diagnosed with OVCA and died a couple
years ago at the age of 26 and my neice
(her daughter) died of leukemia at age 8
both my grandmothers also had OVCA) i told
my doctor also that my mother and my
sister both have ENDO and he without even
having to do any sorts of expensive test
told me it might be ENDO and he put me on
a BC pill called YAZ. he said if it is
endo that he will definately know because
this almost always works with symptoms of
endometriosis. i am supposed to go back
and see him in October because if my
symptoms dont improve he wants to do an
emergency Laproscopy.
ive been on YAZ since july and my symptoms
were still there but i didnt have a period
which is what is supposed to happen. i was
still spotting alot and the pain in my
lower back seemed to get worse. and it
still really hurts during sex (IE we tried
to have sex sunday night but it didnt work
out)
well last week i started getting the pains
back in my pelvic area and this morning i
started my period which is not supposed to
happen because of the way he has me taking
my BC pills. i got up from bed and i
started to feel real dizzy. but i shook it
off as just being tired i ate breakfast
and went to work. and i started having
really bad cramps which i associated with
the bleeding and i could hardly stand up
because i started feeling really weak and
i started to get the shakes. i went in the
back at work to do returns so i could sit
down and i blacked out for i think 5
minutes....when i came to i tried to stand
up and my knees felt like they were going
to give out so i went to my desk and tried
to call a manager to see if i could go
home but of course no one came down so i
had to stumble through the store and go
upstairs they finally let me go home after
about an hour. i got home and took some
midol which hasnt helped any it never
does. my cramps by this time were so
unbearable. i sat one my moms couch and i
just remember looking at the clock and it
was 1:25 and i guess i passed out cause
when i opened my eyes it was 2:30 so i
went to my bed to lay down.
i know this is not cancer but im scared
this could be serious its happened a
couple times before.
every time i go to the doctor they think i
am imagining everything because i was
molested when i was a little girl. the
doctor mentioned above is the only one who
actually though this was serious but i
have just moved and he is about 4 hours
away. I have no money to go to the doctor
and i am scared because i cant pay for a
doctors visit and if it is something
serious i might not be able to know til
its too late. i live in the DFW area in
texas so ther are plenty of hospitals but
if i go to the ER they will probably just
refer me to a GYN which i will not have
the money to pay for. i know i havent
mentioned everything but i figure these
details might get me some help if someone
else has experienced them.
oh and my blood sugar was normal this
morning when all of that happened. i am
still feeling very weak and faint right
now. should i go to the ER or just wait
and see if anything changes
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MandMs
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Posted: 09-19-07 04:18am
Hi!
Sorry for delayed post! I hope you'll
feeling much better now!
What you did about your condition? Did you
visit ER?
Are you bleeding still? Do you feel weak?
I agree with your doctor that you may have
endometriosis. You have all
predispositions(began getting period at an
early age, heavy and irregular periods and
close relatives with endo) and many
symptoms that lead to that diagnosis(very
painful menstrual cramps that gets worse
over time, lower back pain, abdominal pain
and bloating, pain during and after sex,
fatigue, heavy and irregular periods,
spotting between periods, problems with
urination)
In this condition, there are growths of
endometrium(lining of uterus) outside of
the uterus in other areas(under or on the
ovaries, behind and around the uterus,
bladder, bowels and even lungs)that are
responding to monthly hormone changes with
building up extra tissue and blood, but
there is no place for the tissue and blood
to exit. They can cause inflammation,scars
and infertility. For this reason, growths
tend to get bigger and the symptoms of
endometriosis often get worse over time.
This is leading to a gradual decline in a
womens general health, as well as the
health of her reproductive system.
The BC pills your doctor gave it, are
suppose to make endo less painful and your
period less uncomfortable and lighter.
This therapy usually helps in women with
small growths of endometrium who don't
have bad pain, by blocking the effects of
natural hormones on endometrial growth.
I'll suggest you to visit your doctor in
October and if you don't feel improvement
from the BC therapy, is best for you to
have laparoscopy done. This procedure is
diagnostic and used as a treatment at the
same time. If he find some growths he can
take pieces for microscopical diagnosis
and he can remove the growths and scar
tissue.
Surgery(one type is laparoscopy) is
usually the best choice for women with
endometriosis who have a severe amount of
growths, a great deal of pain, or
fertility problems.
You need to treat this because is
interfering with your life.
Please, don't miss your appointment in
October. Finding out that you have
endometriosis is the first step in taking
back your life.
Best wishes!
Marija
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