Re: Ginny

From: Ginny King (gkinh@myrick.com)
Thu Aug 19 17:54:38 1999


Chris,

I just did the Lupron two yers ago. I wonder why they did not recommend the add back estrogen. I think that would have made dealing with the side effects much easier. I don't know why it helped your pain, but it did mine as well. Of course at the time I had not had the hysterectomy and my periods were so painful that stopping them did help, but not the pain in my side or the symtoms that I now know were caused by Crohn's. My GI did say that Lupron can help with IBD and IBS so maybe that is why you got some relief. Still sounds like you have something else brewing in there. Ginny

At Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Christine M. Smith wrote: >
>Hi Ginny:
>I saw your post about Lupron. I took Lupron for 6 months . It was
>supposed to be treating endo which was supposed to be causing the leg
>pain I had and was treated for four years by a neurologist with
>imipramine! Now I am wondering what exactly was causing the leg pain
>(now that I know about my discs) and if it wasn't endo, why did the
>Lupron work so well. Three months into the treatment I was pain free
>and remained that way for 1 1/2 years until this current problem flared.
>I felt fine on Lupron, although I had severe hot flashes (at least I
>think they were severe) No other symptoms. They give "add back
>estrogen" now with Lupron to combat these symptoms. When this current
>problem flared my gyn suggested a 3 month trial again, this time with
>the add back estrogen, and I had no hot flashes. It also had no effect
>on my pain. I sure hope the Lupron did not cause or aggravate my
>present problem.
>
>Chris S.


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