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sambrolaw

Joined: 02/27/2010

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I am 24 years old and teach 5th grade. I was diagnosed with PCOS in April 2009, also suspected endometriosis, 1st Lupron injection 06/09, 2nd Lupron injection 09/09 - only provided a small amount of pain relief. Laproscopy 2/26/10, no endometriosis found. Still waiting to find a diagnosis. So thankful for my specialist, as my regular gyno told me my pain during a pelvic exam was normal! :| Doing physical therapy for pelvic floor dysfunction. Wondering why I'm in pain all the time....

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Erin, I can't comment about if this could be IC or not because I myself is wondering...

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Thanks Amanda! I just don't want to get something stuck in my head again. After my...

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I'm just curious if anyone on this board has IC? I have been trying not to self-diagnosis...

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Congrats! It's so nice to find a doctor that your really like. I am doing physical...

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It's not endo & I have to go back to work

Talked to my doctor Thursday about my surgery the previous Friday. He said the biopsy...

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Talked to my doctor Thursday about my surgery the previous Friday. He said the biopsy said it wasn't endometriosis and actually asked me if I was okay with that. (I think because I just kind of hesitated when he told me this.) Well yes, I'm okay with that, because that's wonderful, but why in the world am I in so much pain?! Which he said he knows, and made sure I had a follow up appointment scheduled. He told me to remember the we were still going to use this as useful information. I more than okay with not having endometriosis, although I've done so much research on it in the past year because I was told by my previous doctor that is what it was that I could be an expert on it (as I'm sure most of you could). I'm also very very upset that I did the Lupron injections before having surgery. Why did my previous doctor think this was okay, which a medication that can have such adverse side effects? They made it seem like to me that if you had pelvic pain, you had endometriosis. I only recently really figured out that pelvic pain does not necessarily mean endometriosis. I don't know what will happen now, but I hope to find out why I'm in so much pain. But I guess that explains why the Lupron didn't help.

Monday I am supposed to go back to work. The nurse said for me to take this week off. She didn't say that I would absolutely be ready to go back, but just said that is what I would need at the least. Well I know physically I'm not ready. Except now I can't tell what is from the surgery and what is my same old pain. I can't afford not to go back to work. Since I'm out of sick leave, I get charged $50 a day that I take off. And since I'm a teacher, I still have to do sub plans ahead of time and grade papers, so I'm never really "off." And even if I make it an "easy" day, I still ends up being choatic because you still have to manage the kids. I'm just very frustrated at this point. All I want to do is stay in bed, but I have no option but to go back to work. Sorry to make this into such a vent, but I know you'll understand.

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I have tried the continuous birth control bills with no success. I ended up bleeding...

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Has anyone tried an IUD for treatment of their endometriosis? During my pre-surgery...

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