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Gynaecology...I need a lot of second opinions!
Diet & Health / 4:35 AM - Saturday February 04, 2012

Gynaecology...I need a lot of second opinions!

I went to a new gynaecologist yesterday, who told me that I have been misdiagnosed with endometriosis, as endometriosis can't be diagnosed through a sonar alone, and the pain that I felt wasn't often enough and wasn't bad enough to be endometriosis. The only way to detect it, is through a laporoscopy, but he doesn't think that I have endometriosis. Anyone out there who knows anything about this - is he right?

Also, he said that I could skip my placebo's every month for an indeterminate time, in order to skip my period every month. Apparently every young girl in America is doing this, some girls for years and years, and it won't have an impact on my fertility.

There is no way that I will just take his word for it, because if I do and he was talking bs, it's my future babies we're talking about here, and no one messes with my babies!

Can anyone advise?

- Asked by tanyao, A Married Girl, Female, 26-28, Johannesburg

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I cannot help you with the endometriosis part.

But as for the skipping the placebo pills every month... I cannot imagine why he would say that it is okay to skip them for years at a time. I doubt that is healthy at all.

You would be better off googling your questions and getting factual information from sites specific to medical issues.

- Response by cam80, A Career Woman, Female, 29-35

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I've been to several doctors who encouraged me to skip my periods using birth control (all of them have, actually). This is because historically, women spent much of their lives pregnant, and thus were not menstruating. Having your period every month stresses out your body and the blood loss is leading to astronomical numbers of anemic women (I take iron supplements. When I'm iron-deficient, I feel dizzy, unfocused, and get tunnel vision). There's NO reason to get your period every month-- every other/every third month is better for you. I mean, birth control pills are just tricking your body into thinking it's pregnant, so your body expects to not get periods.

As for the rest of it, get a third opinion and do some internet research. It's always a good idea to get things checked by multiple doctors-- a lot of times, medicine and diagnosis is an art, not a science.

- Response by anie01, A Thinker, Female, 22-25

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I work for an ob/gyne and yes, you can do that with your pill. And no, not all teens are doing it. it is safe though. No periods!!!!!

Please read that link about endometriosis. And please do not look up medical info online unless it is mayoclinic.com, cdc.com, or even webmd.com. I dont like webmd but the doc I work for does.

Yes, endometriosis' final diagnosis is diagnosised through laproscopy.

http://www.mayoclinic.c om/health/endometriosis /DS00289/DSECTION=tests %2Dand%2Ddiagnosis

Good luck!

- Response by nationalguardwife04, A Career Woman, Female, 29-35, Chicago, Medical / Dental

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I'm going to borrow from the Tyler Perry movies here: Go to the DAMN doctor. (Actually, get a second and third opinion here). With someone like your reproductive health, listen to your gut and your comfort with the information. Also get more than one opinion from more than one doctor. The worst that can happen is you have to see more and dig deeper to find out what's REALLY wrong. The cost of taking one doctor's diagnosis without getting a second one is you could be misdiagnosed and have something really serious. Get a third or fourth opinion at this point because you have conflicting answers. Never rely on individual's experiences because each differs from person to person. Use reputable sites and be skeptical of what you're told. Ask questions, never leave feeling unsatisfied, this is your health, nothing is more important.

- Response by lioness21, A Player, Female, 29-35, Consulting

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Every young girl in America is *not* doing that. Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer a period every month. Yeah, I said that. It's what's supposed to happen.

My advice is to seek a second opinion from another qualified doctor. My doctor's office also has a consulting nurse you can call, so maybe yours does too. While that obviously wouldn't be another source of diagnosis, it would be another opinion, which it seems like you want.

- Response by rslizzle, A Thinker, Female, 22-25, Student

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