Ovaries hurting on zodalex

[Lou93]

Hi Ladies

I’m currently on zodalex so far been ok and had minimal symptoms, last few days I’ve been getting an awful pain mainly on my right side near my ovary, I feel so stuck on what to do as I saw my consultant last week who wants me to stay on these injections for 3 more months then we can review surgery.

Ever get the feeling they are just pushing things back and back because of the current situation? Last time I had a flare up like this with ovary pain I went to a and e was admitted for 7 days as they wanted to rule out it wasn’t my appendix then sent me home to later speak with my consultant to go on the zodalex injections.

Sorry for the Moan just getting annoyed with this pain coming back now.

[Moon_maiden]

Moan away 👍 need to let off steam now and again. I can’t make up my mind re Zoladex, did nothing for the pain, at least didn’t seem to do anything, not sure now. Consultant seemed to think the endo reduced in the bowel. I had six of them.

I do agree they might be delaying other treatment, I can see why, but still can’t understand why departments like gynae stopped anyway.

What pain relief are you on?

[Lou93 in reply to Moon_maiden]

Thanks just get sick of the cycle fine then not🤣 yeh I’m in two minds also about it and yeh I can understand why they are pushing it back, I see my gyne privately so I’m lucky in that way as can be seen quicker etc but I just want my surgery and he knows it 🙈 codine naproxen is the normal but it’s not doing much at the moment, just feel like a and e is a waste of time after last time I went x

[Moon_maiden in reply to Lou93]

Gynae could be seeing if it reduces the endo down I suppose. I know private is as difficult as NHS, but I thought things were moving on that front. I swear blind some of it is experimenting to see how good Zoladex is or isn’t 🤣

A&E I saw the pain nurse, she suggested Tramadol and sent a message to GP to refer back to them. That got screwed up and paid to see pain consultant. He said amitriptyline. (I take this and Oramorph or Tramadol) If you’ve got private ask for a referral to the pain consultant, pick the one who’s listed on the BSGE site. They’ll at least have some understanding.

[Lou93 in reply to Moon_maiden]

My consultant said half of my city is on these injections because of COVID, he wants to make sure I’m ok with hrt etc as I’m having hysterectomy when he agreed to a date, I’ve had tramadol before and it doesn’t do anything for me also had the other and came off it as wasn’t doing anything, will have to see how I get on tonight and call them tomorrow about pain killers.

[Moon_maiden in reply to Lou93]

Be interesting to see how that will have gone.

I hope you get sorted with pain relief.

When I saw the consultant I took an article about how nerve block helped someone with similar symptoms, he wasn’t that interested as they wouldn’t really start with that straight away, which I knew, but worth a try. I can’t say anything really works, can take an edge off.

[Lou93 in reply to Moon_maiden]

Yeh let’s hope things improve ah some of them are just not interested in what anyone has to say.