I believe my Endometriosis has returned and my consultant sent me for a MRI scan to determine this. Today I was supposed to get the results but they’re useless and still haven’t got the results so the appointment was a waste of time!
My consultant did say that he’d had a look at my operation notes from my laparoscopy last year and they said my Endometriosis was so minimal that he doesn’t think it’ll have returned, and he believes my ultrasound scan results from June which say I have a cyst on my right ovary and fibroids on my womb is wrong! He said if he knew that my condition was so minimal then he wouldn’t have bothered with an MRI anyway!
Next he said that he wants me to try a medication that will put me into menopause for 4 months and if my pains go away then it could indicate that the Endometriosis has actually come back. He didn’t tell me the name of the medication though and he just asked me to research it. Has anybody been told this before? Does anybody know the name of the medication? What are the side effects like?
I feel like I’ve been fobbed off again and I’m so annoyed and upset! 😢
What do I do? x
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After having my laparoscopy at the beginning of March I have now been put into a state of menopause for 6 months.
This is an injection (called Zoladex- I believe there are different types) every 4 weeks.
Some of the side effects I have had so far-
Hot flushes
Headache/migraines (but that was only for a few days 2 weeks after the first injection)
Memory fuzzy
Joint achy (but I have been taking an extra calcium vitamin to help with joints)
No bleeding *since having the injection*
Itchy
It is meant to help with the pain from the endometriosis.
I am having the state of menopause for 6 months and then having a second operation. As they need to go back in and unblock one of my tubes and remove the endometriosis (hopefully with being in the state of menopause from the last 6 months this would have “starved”the endometriosis making it “easier” to remove and no more periods/endometriosis in the meantime)
Hope that has answered some of your questions. Let me know if you have any others .. always here if you want to talk
I would try it, it’s only four months and if the pain does go away it would be indicative of endo. Xx
Ps also agree with Rachel that it makes surgery more likely to be successful if taken before and after as I did this. You’ll be waiting a while on mri etc anyway.
Ive had the GnRH injections, and as the post above says, they induce an early menopause to starve the endo to reduce growth. The symptoms aren't pleasant but once the injections stop you will return to normal. I am possibly due a second round of this if my next laparoscopy is successful. They like to spread the course of injections out (every 5 years) as it causes brittle bones but it kept my endo at bay for 2 years so its worth a go.
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MRI Results
MRI shows large ovaries cysts
Endo WITHIN fibroid hormone treatment menopause with hrt offered 
Could I have some help please
