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Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
wow you were young when you had your hysto!
glad to hear you are calling your doc.

Kristylovesbb
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09-14-2000

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 5:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kristylovesbb a private message Print Post    
Yes Texannie I did, only 23. I had pre-cancer and I opted to have the hysto immediately instead of waiting a few years.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 3:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Bless your heart! you aren't a DES daughter by chance?

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 7:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Let us know how you're doing Kristy. I'll be waiting to hear.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 8:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Yep, Ditto what Gracie said. Good luck, hon.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Friday, March 23, 2007 - 5:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Emeraldfire, everyone reacts differently. When I stopped the Premarin, I had night sweats for two - three months. Wasn't every night by any means. My sleep was quite upset for a few months too. Again, it was for only about two - three months. That was about it. No daytime hot flashes, mood swings, etc., etc. Not too bad really.

Now I think you're only supposed to take HRT for no more than seven years. I had taken it for twelve plus. I remember when my doc (female) gave me that first Premarin, she said I'd take it for the rest of my life. I really wonder the thinking behind that -- even then. Not natural for those hormones to be coursing through you for all those years if you life a long life.

The worry, anxiousness, and mental / emotional stress of the "C" diagnosis was not fun. But looking back DCIS is not so bad. Physically, I had an easy time with all my treatment. Now I know I was just plain lucky about it in some ways. Hope I continue to be and never hear the "C" word again. Having had DCIS, it is another risk factor for me. I just TG it is not in my family.

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 8:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
HI guys,

totally too much info, but I've been having female type issues lately and not sure if its peri-menopause or should i worry--i started my period on 3/20 and it hasn't stopped(completely yet) --normally i bleed heavy for 2-3 days and then light for 2-3 more this is going on day 13 AND i still have a little spotting--is this menopause? cause for concern?(i am 48)

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 8:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
it could be fibroids. i didn't have non stop periods, mine just slowly went away.

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 8:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
i was wondering that--i had them before(tho not affecting my period before)

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 8:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
i know when my mom got them they caused her to have a non stop period.

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 8:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
thanks--i'll call my gyn tomorrow just to be safe--my body is being weird to be lately--between my knee and now this LOL

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 9:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
ain't aging grand??! LOL

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 5:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
Good idea to call your gyn, Nancy. I had a nearly month-long flow early on in my peri-menopause, in my mid-40s, and one or two each year after that.

Yeah, just grand, Annie. LOL

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 5:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
It's a blasty blast, isn't it? I'm glad you are seeing your doctor, Nancy. It could very well be perimenopause but it's better to know for sure.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 9:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Nancy, it most likely is peri-menopause, which I describe as pure deadly HELL. Anything and everything will happen then. Six weeks of nothing, then a gusher that scares you so bad you are wondering if you should go to the emergency room. Then it happens again in two weeks. But, yeah, better go see the doc. You most likely are not dying, but sometimes you wish you were so it would be over. Or your doc might prescribe something. Or it could be fibroids.

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Monday, April 02, 2007 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
thanks all--i am seeing my dr. tomorrow at 2:45 :-)

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Monday, April 02, 2007 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
good!! how you feeling?

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Monday, April 02, 2007 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
very run down--i think i'm getting anemic--and some pain so i'm thinking fibroid maybe..

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Monday, April 02, 2007 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
hope you get some answers tomorrow!

Retired
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07-11-2001

Monday, April 02, 2007 - 12:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
(((Nancy))) Hope the doc has some answers.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, April 02, 2007 - 6:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Good luck, Nancy. Yeah, old age sucks, but it beats the alternative.

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 1:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
thanks! no answers yet but she did do a number of things--

an endomytrial biopsy--had me get some blood work--and scheduled me for an ultrasound--so i feel good that she is doing all this to help determine what is going on--

thanks everyone for your input!

Kearie
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07-21-2005

Friday, April 06, 2007 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kearie a private message Print Post    
My sister was recently diagnosed with degenerative vascular disease.

A little bit more info. She is Korean and has some sort of anemia related to odd shaped blood cells. (Not sickel cell, but an Asian version)

Anyway, she has clots in her legs and one deep in her thigh. Next week they are going in to break up the clots.

Sounds like this is basically untreatable.

Anyone know anything about this or have experience with this?

Retired
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07-11-2001

Friday, April 06, 2007 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
Kearie, Did you mean Vasculitis? There are 15 different kinds. I have Wegener's and am currently in remission. Maybe your sister has this form? It's treatable.

Link

Kearie
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07-21-2005

Friday, April 06, 2007 - 2:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kearie a private message Print Post    
Retired...Thanks

That was very interesting and it just might be the one she has. She isn't saying much, but she left my mom with the impression she couldn't get treatment for it.

I wish my sis would give us more info on what she really has.

Thanks for the link. I forwarded it to my mom.