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Posted: 19 April 2008 at 8:53pm |
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So what are some of the things that work for you? I've been doing things like:
cutting gluten out (helps with #2's but not with any endo symptoms)
One part of that was to take peanuts and banana chips/dried apricots to work for morning/afternoon tea to avoid gluten options at work
adding fibre (ditto)
Taking salad to work with a can of fish, for lunch - so easy and cheap!
wearing skirts to work (so when I bloat, I can just put it on a different place rather than with trousers when I'd just be so uncomfy!)
I'm going to buy myself a cross-over cardy for work in winter so I don't feel so self-conscious over my "preggy (bloated) bump"
What else?
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Posted: 19 April 2008 at 9:42pm |
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I know it is hard to keep motivated with it(well it is for me) but I find exercise makes a HUGE difference for me. Also drinking lots of water.
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Posted: 19 April 2008 at 10:01pm |
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Have you seen the endometriosis diet? There's a wealth of information including the endo diet on this website.
http://www.endo-resolved.com/
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mummy_becks
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Posted: 19 April 2008 at 10:29pm |
I've decied to do nothing and put up with it for a few months and then try and get pregnant and then after that i'm getting it all removed.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 20 April 2008 at 12:58pm |
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OhBaby actually sell a really good book on endo in their online store - it would be worth looking at buying. I did a review on it ages ago - have a read, and see what you think.
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Posted: 20 April 2008 at 1:48pm |
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Mummy_becks if you're going to be trying to get pregnant I'd probably endeavour to do stuff to minimise it as much as possible, such as endo diet, exercise etc. If you're one of the 'lucky' ones who doesn't have it affect their fertility, that mightn't be such a big deal for you though.
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Posted: 20 April 2008 at 2:01pm |
Yep I am one of those "lucky" ones Robyn, don't know how or why coz I have endo bad and i'm blessed with PCOS as well.
My gyne and me have tried alsorts of things to help me and other than going on a very expensive pill theres nothing I can do  , but wait till I can have a hystorectomy.
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Posted: 20 April 2008 at 2:03pm |
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That stinks! I was the opposite to you, had very little indication I had it, but it affected my fertility.
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mummy_becks
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Posted: 20 April 2008 at 2:05pm |
I can tell right now that I am going through ov as I can feel the damn egg moving along - every now and then I get a real stab of pain when it hits a bad spot of endo. I'm just counting down till I can have it all removed and not have to worry about AV anymore or pain with ov.
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Posted: 20 April 2008 at 9:12pm |
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I'm just starting my month off the Pill so I'm gathering as much coping info as poss... I don't know why it hasn't affected my fertility before, as for now - I don't know
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Posted: 20 April 2008 at 9:15pm |
I hope you get pg this month T
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Posted: 21 April 2008 at 8:05am |
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Endo only actually affects fertility in around 20% of endo sufferers.
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Posted: 21 April 2008 at 6:17pm |
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I hope you get pg this month T |
Becks would you know if getting pg would affect my surgery time at all? For example, say we got pg this month and then I got a letter saying I was to have an op in 6mos. Would I be able to call them and reschedule for say, 12mos away? Given that I'm on public not private?
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Posted: 21 April 2008 at 6:21pm |
Yep all you would do is once you got the letter, ring and say i'm pregnant can I go back on the list please.
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Posted: 22 April 2008 at 5:38pm |
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So a reset of 6-12mos then?
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Posted: 22 April 2008 at 6:09pm |
Yep quite possibly. I have heard that if you do go off the list because you are pg then you have to go back to the beginning again.
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Posted: 22 April 2008 at 8:06pm |
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I'm not doing that!! If I had it when Kryssi was 6mos then I'm not gonna be miraculously cured by the next pg!!
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