Chris S.
At Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Ginny King wrote:
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>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:
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>>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.