Treatment options for endometriosis?
I had surgery the 1st of the month to diagnose why I was having pelvic pain. Come to find out I have endometriosis, also a blocked fallopian tubes(they were filled with fluid and about to rupture) , adhesions and I had some large ovarian cysts that were biopsied. Me and the Hubby have been TTC for 2 years now, with no luck. The Dr believes now since he did the surgery I may be able to get pregnant.
However. Iam hurting incredibly bad. I was under the impression that after the surgery I wouldnt cramp. I went to the Dr this AM. He stated that he believes Im hurting is because of my endometriosis. I was like wth, didnt I just pay ,000 on a surgery to remove all endo. Ugh I was so aggravated
Now my option is, be in pain even more, try for a baby and pray that it happens, OR I can go on some kind of shot that will put me into menopause for 6 months, he also said that I will also be given medicine to stop with hot flashes and all that nastiness.
I talked this over with the Hubby and he says its my decision. He doesnt want to see me hurting, But we do want a baby. Im 22 years old. What if the shots make me to where I will never be able to have a baby.
I just dont know what to do. Can anyone give me any Ideas? I feel so lost
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Hey woman,
I’ve been there too…
I always had really heavy, clotty periods, but I thought everyone did, so I didn’t think anything about it. I started always spotting and bleeding after sex and being in tons of pain during sex. I went to the doc and they said I had to have those symptoms for 6 months before the insurance would agree to test me for anything.
I had gotten pregnant with my son while I was on Depot bc shot, which never made sense to me. I got pregnant with a baby we lost while I was on BC pills. Sadly we lost that baby at 20 weeks.
I had my lap done in June of 07 and was told I had Stage 2 Endo. Suddenly it made sense to me as to why I got pregnant while being on BC. BC controls the estrogen levels in your body and sense endometriosis grows with estrogen, by tapping down the estrogen, it taps down the Endo.
I opted to go for the Lupron shots (throws your body into eary menopause). Those are pretty intense. My periods stopped by the second shot so I didn’t have the pain and heavy blood loss like before, but it was replaced by mood swings, night sweats, hot flashes, you name it. I was crying one minute, then screaming at my husband the next. It was not pretty.
The shots themselves didn’t hurt or make me sick, per say, when I got them. They are very expensive if you don’t have insurance though. Mine were $30 with insurance, but I was told without they are $500/shot.
I did all 6 months of them and had my last one in Jan of 08. It took until April for my period to come back. The first one wasn’t as bad, but very soon they started being bad again and I started having some small spotting with sex again.
I learned about Basel Body Temperature Charting (BBT charting) through an awesome book called "Taking Charge of Your Fertility". I also used ovulation predictor kits (OPKs) to better time our sex
I don’t know if it was the Lupron, of the BBT, or the OPKs or what, but within 4 months of my period coming back, I got pregnant. I am now 11 weeks along.
Endo can be scary and painful and there’s no ‘"cure" for it. But there are treatment options, and they worked for me. Please feel fee to email me off my profile if you have any other questions.
Much dust…