QuestionWhat are your thoughts on skipping all of these crazy medical treatments (lupron ETC.) and just having a historectomy.
I have just recently been diagnosed but I think I have had it for years.
My lifestyle does not allow for me to be experimenting with medications with some severe side effects and that probably won't even help me.
Would like your opinion and advise. I don't know anyone who has this, or has gone through any treatments.
Thank you..........anna
AnswerHI ANNA,
I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD YOU ARE OR IF YOU PLAN TO HAVE A FAMILY...BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS...THE SAME THOUGHT OCCURRED TO ME OVER THE YEARS! I AM NOW 47 WITH NO CHILDREN AND HAVE ALSO OPTED TO REMOVE MYSELF FROM ALL SYNTHETIC MEDICATIONS DUE TO SIDE EFFECTS. I HAVE BE DIAGNOSED SINCE THE AGE OF 25 AND HAVE ALSO TRIED ALL THE HORMONES, TREATMENTS, SURGERIES THAT WERE OFFERED. I NOW WISH, I HAD HAD A HYSTORECTOMY. AND IT MAY STILL BE AN OPTION FOR ME AS I AM STILL EXPERIENCING SEVERE CRAMPING. MANY OF MY FRIENDS HAVE ALSO BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ENDO AND HAVE HAD HYSTORECTOMIES AND NOW FEEL FABULOUS!
MY OPINION ONLY, IF YOU ARE NOT PLANNING ON A FAMILY OR ALREADY HAVE A FAMILY, GO FOR IT! IT WILL ALLEVIATE SO MUCH PAIN AND DISCOMFORT IN THE FUTURE. IN THE MEANTIME, I HAVE BEEN PRESCRIBED A DRUG CALLED "ANAPROX" THAT I TAKE BRIEFLY BEFORE, DURING AND A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER MY PERIOD...IT REDUCES SWELLING OF THE ENDOMETRIUM WALL, ALLOWING FREE BLOOD FLOW-LESS DISCOMFORT AND CRAMPING. IT IS NOT 100% EFFECTIVE, BUT IT SURELY HELPS WITHOUT ALL THE OTHER GARBAGE IN HORMONES...AND IT IS INEXPENSIVE AS WELL...THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE MINIMAL IF ANY AND YOU TAKE ON AN "AS NEEDED" BASIS. BETTER CONTROL OVER YOUR INTAKE OF MEDICATIONS.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE HELPED...GOOD LUCK TO YOU! THANKS FOR WRITING. MARTHA
