Re: For Glitter Girl............Re: Taking it easy--- Question??

[Guest guest]

I think we should , as a group, flood JAMA and the New England Journal of

Medicine with our personal

letters re: this issue of our severe bleeding , til it is treated with the

absolute seriousness it

deserves. I was in denial about it until recently.

Shirley wrote:

> Hi Glitter: I was in the ER twice in one week around

> a month ago with excessive bleeding. My new MD

> prescribed Premarin 1.25 mg TID only to be taken if I

> am bleeding and going thru a pad an hour with clots.

> He was very clear that it can only be used for a week

> and no more. I only had to take 2 doses each for 2

> days and my bleeding has essentially stopped other

> than spotting for the past 7 days. I am scheduled for

> a hysteroscopic resection April 3rd for a relatively

> small submucosal, possibly more than one. I also have

> an intramural and just pray that it is not the

> culprit, because he doesn't want to do a myo. The key

> is to do something to stop the out of control bleeding

> at least temporarily until you can have an

> intervention. You can't keep bleeding that much or it

> will compromise your plan for surgery. I will pray

> for your safety. I know for me, God's presence

> sustains me when I feel so vulnerable, but it doesn't

> take away the real fear one experiences of being at

> the mercy of the ER doc or literally bleeding to

> death. I work in health care and the very institution

> for which I am employed, when I experienced the ER

> caused me to never want to return there. I can

> remember just making it hour by hour and praying for

> protection and to make it thru the weekend until my

> reg GYN returned. I had never experienced anything

> that created such a degree of vulnerability as when I

> had a fibroid 5 years ago and again in mid Feb. I

> wish you peace and safety. Do take it easy. Once the

> bleeding subsides, then resume more activity. Shirley

> T.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

GG,

They have an answer. Hysterectomy! Why are you attached to your uterus. That's

their question.

But your right. It's worth a try. We have more power as a group. But we need to

say something about how hysts aren't the answer for all of us.

Geraldine Schaumburg wrote:I think we should , as a

group, flood JAMA and the New England Journal of Medicine with our personal

letters re: this issue of our severe bleeding , til it is treated with the

absolute seriousness it

deserves. I was in denial about it until recently.