Ladies I need your expertise with Depo Provera 150mg

[joe199]

I had a laparotomy 8 weeks ago for bilateral endometriomas and adhesions. My follow up with the gynecologist was today she wants me to have Depo Provera shots every 3 months 150 mg for the advanced endometriosis. She said this can cause weight gain. Then when she saw my reaction she said only a couple of pounds. Will this stop the endometriosis or only provide pain management. I don't want to go against her recommendation but I wonder if I should get a second opinion.

[joe199]

thanks for writing and letting me know. You must be worried but is it a cyst or an endometrioma ? I don't understand my surgeon gyn doesn't even want to see me until february and she hasn't ordered any special tests or anything except for bloodtests one I took in August and another one I need to take in January to see my CA 125. How come you keep getting ultrasounds and tests and I haven't received anything ? Is my doctor doing his job properly ? I must discuss this with her in February to make sure I don't have any endometriomas growing back either ?

How are you feeling ? What is there course of action going to be monitor it for a couple of months until you get pregnant ?

[hollandlop]

I just got a transvaginal ultrasound done last thursday from an infertility specialist and he found that the endometrioma has grown back to 1.5cm. I don't know if this has anything to do with the clomid I am taking. He said if I do become pregnant, it might shrink or disappear. But it's weird, last month when I just had the regular ultrasound done from my gyn, he didn't find anything. I don't know if its because the regular ultrasound is not accurate and can't pick up cysts until they get really big or not.

[hollandlop]

Yeah, the puffiness has improved since the surgery, but really slow. I am feeling very discouraged right now. I just have a feeling it will be like this for a very long time.

I started being sexually active 2 months after my surgery, and nothing has changed for me. It was hard for me to get into it at first because I was afraid that it would be painful because of the surgery. And also I was afraid that my husband might touch my incision area with his body. So it was hard for me to enjoy it and achieve an orgasm the first few times, but I think that was just a mental thing for me. Right now, everything is pretty much back to normal. But sometimes I feel like my confidence level decreased because of my puffy stomach.

Maybe if you relaxed more and not think about the surgery or the incision it might help? Good luck!

[joe199]

I know exactly how you feel about the puffiness above your incision site I am the same as you say it gets worst at night. I suck in and just like you say it doesn't want to suck in above the incision site and sometimes at night it gets so big I feel like I am going to explode. In the morning it is much better, there is almost no swelling but by the end of the day the bump is very noticeable and it hurts. There is improvement though.

Sorry to hear about the job hunt, hopefully you will be getting pregnant and won't need to work for long.

Can I ask you a personal question ?

I seem to have lost most of the sensation down below since the surgery and I have not been able to achieve an orgasm. I am sorry to be so explicit and I certainly don't want to offend you but I am just wondering if this is possible ? At first I thought it was because the surgery was so recent now I am wondering if it will ever go back into place.

[hollandlop]

This is so weird. When I suck in my stomach, everything seems to suck in except the area from my incision site all the way up to below my belly button. So it doesn't seem like it's the air or gas that's causing the puffiness. I think it is the tissue/muscle underneath that is puffing up.

The other doctor told me the internal inflammation will probably last for another month or two. He said once the bloating is completely gone, that's when I know I have completely healed inside. And yes, what you said is right. Different doctors tell me different things. That is why this is so frustrating. I feel like I don't even know what is going on inside my own body!

I still urinate about 3 times at night. When I feel like I have to go, I feel pressure around my incision site, and feel extreme bloating around that area. This never happened to me before the surgery.

Today is the 21st day of my cycle. I really hope I can get pregnant this time around. The IUI is just painful. I am still looking for a job since I had to quit my old one before the surgery.

[joe199]

The gas and bloating are better but are not completely gone. I am hoping the full spectrum digestive aid will help. The site above my incision is much better but at night it does still become puffy and sometimes it hurts, it feels like someone is trying to pull the incision apart. I think that even after I am completely healed a bump will remain but I hope I am wrong.

Did the other doctor tell you how long this inflammation can last before it is completely healed. Unfortunately we seem to get the info in bits and pieces and not the same info depending on who you speak to.

My urination is less frequent that right after surgery but I still find myself waking up in the middle of the night to go and first thing in the morning before even putting my dog outside which I never had to do before.

Glad you seem to be feeling better as well.

Any news on the pregnancy ? or are you working as of yet ?