Told doc no Lupron

[Lil E]

After my research I told my gyn I would not take lupron. His response : You can't believe everything you read on the internet. The worst will be hot flashes. Can you believe this guy? He treated me like I was stupid. You know, a pat on the head and leave it up to the almighty doctor.

Then he gives me a sheet with all the side effects! I just told me that its not for me. Every side effect listed I already have. Didn't seem to matter to him.
I'll wait until its bad enough, go to the ER and get surgery.

[Kathi49]

Lil e,

I can't say that I blame you. The worst is NOT ONLY hot flashes! :rolleyes: Lupron IS your best bet to remain endo free after a hysterectomy. But, I would certainly go with outpatient surgery before I would take it again. And don't get me wrong, I don't regret the one injection it is just that I think it DID contribute to my arthritis although I will never be able to prove it! And, hey, we can read all we want to LOL! I had an Infertility Specialist tell me the same thing over 24 years ago! He told me to quit reading books and I told him...BYE! LOL I went to another specialist and she straightened me out in no time. She hated him too by the way...not because she knew him; she didn't! But when she saw my records, she flipped! She was very angry at the procedures he had done, the waste of time and money, etc.

[Lil E]

Why do men become Gyns? Or any doc that won't listen to his patients? They don't give a damn if what they give you makes everything worse. When I go back after trying something that really messes me up he'll say "Oh I didn't know that, here try this." :mad:

I think some of them don't like informed patients.

[shosty]

Try to find a surgeon who does excision. See my recent post "hope."