I hope your daughter is doing well. Please know she is in my prayers. I hope you are able to find some help in the PA area. Just tell her to do her best to keep her spirits up. If she is at all worried about having children, let her know she is not alone. I am 26 and was told last September that "If I have children...." Its a real blow, but I havent given up hope and if she does she better watch out, Ive been known to be a bit of a drill seargant. I definatly wont let her give up at 19 years old. Tell her Im thinking of her and to keep her head up and her heart open to miracles. Mine is and she is one the top of the list. Take Care. God Bless. Lisa - NYC
At Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Ginny Halpern wrote:
>
>Hi Everyone:
>
>Sorry I haven't been on the board as much but I am fighting the war on
>pain management for ARD in the Phila. area and have been pounding on
>doctors' doors (and a few hard heads as well) for weeks. I am reading
>most of your postings and welcome all the new faces!!
>
>I have a 19 year old daughter who has been diagnosed with severe
>endometriosis.
>She is scheduled for exploratory surgery and Laser treatments tomorrow.
>She is bright and caring and desparately wants children someday.
>Right now her eyes are dulled by pain medication and pain, and her
>spirits are low. She has seen what MAY lay ahead for her as she's
>watched me struggle for years.
>I was exactly her age when my ARD began. I had 6 miscarriages and 2
>live births and a hysterectomy at age 30, 14 operations since then, blah
>blah blah.
> I am praying Erin won't follow in my sticky footsteps.
>
>Please, if you have a second or two, will you send a quick little prayer
>to your higher power and ask that Erin come through her surgery without
>complications, and that the doctors can "fix her" while she's still very
>young?
>
>Thanks so much!
>
>My hugs to all of you
>
>Ginny
-- Lisa