My 28 year old daughter has endometriosis. When she does have a period, (she’s on the pill that’s supposed to stop your periods altogether.)she is doubled over in pain, and can barely function. The only thing her Dr. will give her is Motrin 800mg. The only thing that works is a narcotic pain killer like Lortab, or Percocet, which of course they won’t give her, because Dr.s have been scared by the government in to not prescribing narcotic pain relief even for severe pain, which is utterly rediculous, because not eveybody becomes an addict. (another subject altogether) She is also exibiting signs of fibromyalgia, which I also have, and I end up giving her my pain meds, which I don’t get many of, so she can function.
Help me please….
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I had endometriosis which was accidentally discovered while the doctor was performing a laparoscopic exam to check my fallopian tubes. I was under general anesthesia and they went ahead, cut me open and cleaned out all the endometrial implants. I never had a symptom UNTIL the surgery, then I had symptoms afterwards, because they didn’t get all of it. Afterwards, they told me the only medication available was to take a heavy dose of birth control pills for 6 months solid which would shrink the endometrial implants. This is what I did, and at some point decided I didn’t want to do this, it was too dangerous. I was lucky enough to be living in a large metropolitan area at the time and I went to see a female Chinese doctor who had been trained in China and had worked at some prestigious hospitals in China. She wrote a prescription for a combination of Chinese herbs. I went to the Chinese herb store and all the herbs had been prepared in the traditional way by various means which included drying and smoking. The main herb was Dong Quai which is a women’s herb and has an effect like estrogen. The herbs came in a paper packet tied with a string. I had to cook the herbs a certain way and drink the liquid. At first I didn’t like the taste but after time I got used to it and even came to like it. After about a month the symptoms disappeared. I took the herbs a couple of times after that when symptoms would reappear, but they never came back as strong and after a few times, they disappeared completely and I never had another problem with it. This type of therapy is commonplace today, but at the time it was very rare in the U.S. I don’t know what else was included in the herb packet but, in addition to alleviating my symptoms, they made me feel very good after drinking the liquid. My suggestion is to call an Acupuncturist because many of them also study Chinese herbs and are herb practitioners.
If you don’t want to try that route, may I suggest you find another doctor, one who will prescribe an appropriate and EFFECTIVE pain med. Not all doctors think pain control is a bad thing. Good luck, I hope she finds relief one way or another !
It helped him a lot, and then we’d put more calamine lotion on afterwards. Wrapping a cold wet towel around the area will help as well as itching is often caused by the heat under the blisters. I hope some of these help!