Prostap

Hi Ellie,

It shouldn’t effect you that much but you might experience bruising where they inject it. Whenever I had my injection they did it in my stomach. Which caused rash around the area. You might want to change doctors if your having regular injections every month.

I understand, I’m in the same boat as you but just do what you think is best for you and to better your quality of life.

No doctor can tell you otherwise.

I hope I was much help xx

It’s okay to worry. I worry all the time. I’ve only been on it for less than 4 months and I’ve been in and out of hospital because the pain is so bad I could eat or drink for 5 days. It’s good you went private to see another side of the spectrum and you’re on the right track.

I’d advise you to go for the Prostap and try and see how you are. If not then think long term on what’s the best option for you.

You are not alone.

Xx

Hi there. So far I had 2 injections of Prostap (supposed to be 3 Before my surgery but then my doctor turned and said that I need to have as many as I need Before I have vacancy for surgery). Before I started I questioned my doctor about fertility as, like you, I don't have kids yet and I do want to have in the future. What he told me was that people who's trying FIV will have this injections before they get pregnant so I can see that they wouldn't affect my fertility. He said those injections will put me on a temporary menopause that will stop as soon I stop the injections and I will be fertile again, if that makes sense. My doctor as been as rude as possible and I don't get that much information either. I hope you find some more answers here.

Good luck

Hi

I was in the 3monthly prostrap injections and I had 3 of them as I have adenomiosis which is the same sort of thing as endo apart from the tissue is growing on the inside of my uterus and not the outside.

They put me in them because I was very heavily bleeding and was in enscruciating pain, and my consultants worlds were “we will see how you go if you have no bleeding or pain whilst on them it will prove to us that you would benefit from having a hysterectomy”. Now after having 3 of them they have gone changed their mind again and have put me back on a pill as they are now saying they hope the injections have shrunk and suppressed the adenomiosis enough to allow the pill to work, and aparantly now I shouldn’t have a period again. I am sceptical about this so I just have to wait and see.

But it should all be ok once you have finished the injections it can take 1-2 months for the injection to be fully out of your system (so I’ve read) but then everything should go back to normal. Hope this helps 😊

Hi Ellie, I had the prostap injection every month for 3 months and I haven’t had children yet either and it was something that scared me (I’m off them now).

The injections made me very ill for the first week after I had each injection and I will never go back on them again. They stopped the pain a bit but caused all other symptoms for me. My pain has worsened since stopping them but whilst on them I was being sick, having migraines, sleeping all the time, miserable, gained weight. However I know that not everyone reacts like this and people have really benefited from them x

I i've only just come across this post and I just wanted to offer a bit of reassurance regarding prostap and fertility. I had monthly prostap injections for 6 months to dampen down my endo in preparation for ivf. My endo is on my womb,ovaries,bowels and goodness knows where else. I started ivf on the day I would have been due my 7th prostap and my first round worked even though I had been told to prepare for 4 attempts. I also focused on eating a hethy diet and doing yoga during this time but I feel without doubt it was that 6 month break on prostap that allowed my body to have a successful pregnancy (and another since) when all previous pregnancies had ended in miscarriage xx