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Endometriosis

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Reply: UTI's-TMI

Please go to the doctor, especially since you've had it for 2 weeks!

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Reply: Happy Hump Day

For about a month I swore that I was pregnant, but it turned out that I wasn't....

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Reply: Late Roll Call....

I know exactly how you feel! I am getting married in Jamaica in a month (YAY!!!!!) and...

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New idea

So, it seems like we're all pretty disappointed and frustrated with the new setup of...

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Reply: Nausea days after lap?

When I had my lap, I was lucky - they put an anti-nausea patch on me before the...

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Reply: What works for me

I hadn't heard about CBCP's making your lining so thin, but that makes a lot of sense....

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Reply: Welcome to the NEW Exchange

I really wish they had copied over the old posts - there was a lot of good info there!

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What works for me

I have been 98% pain free since my lap 18 months ago. Since I know that this is not...

Posted by compchick813

I have been 98% pain free since my lap 18 months ago. Since I know that this is not the experience for most women, I thought I'd share what has been working for me. Besides a great doc, I feel like there are 2 things that have made a difference for me. I know that many women with endo take birth control such as seasonale. I have been taking Lybrel since a month before my lap, and it is the same dose 365 days a year - some spotting but no periods.

I also feel that taking evening primrose oil makes a big difference. It is known to treat PMS but I feel that it does much more than that for me (since endo is not normal PMS). Along with helping prevent pain, it also reduces or eliminates spotting for me. You can get it at your local Walmart. The bottle I have says to take 1000 mg 3 times a day. I find that just once a day is usually enough. I believe it is also a mild blood thinner so I would stick with a low dose, and I also believe you're not supposed to take it during pregnancy.

I also wanted to share something interesting I've noticed. I think that alcohol seriously aggravates endo, at least for me. When I first started drinking in college, I noticed that my periods stopped or got lighter than I drank. I was naive and didn't question why at the time - I just thought it was awesome. A few years later, as my endo got worse, I noticed the opposite. I noticed that if I drank, I would bleed and be in more pain.

I looked into it and found research proving that alcohol raises estrogen levels - by as much as 3 times within 30 minutes of 1 drink.

These days, I can't even take a sip of beer without bleeding and hurting the next day, or for several days, so I don't at all. I wish I had caught on to the connection sooner because I wonder if drinking in college made things worse. So if you're having pain, try cutting out alcohol!

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1615533/pdf/amjph00445-0127b.pdf

http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh26-4/274-281.htm

http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/fst/faculty/acree/fs430/notes_thk/03wine&women.html

http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/13/4/592.full?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=Penny+Webb&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&volume=13&issue=4&resourcetype=HWCIT View Thread

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Reply: Welcome to the NEW Exchange

Yay, the board is back up!!

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