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I found your website while doing a search on the internet to find out what is wrong with me. I had a tubal two and a half years ago and I have had problems ever since. I am now 28 and I feel like I am 40. I have had chronic fatigue, depression, hot flashes/sweating bouts, really bad PMS, decreased libido, outbursts of rage, wrinkles on my face, etc. ever since. My doctor, of course, did not warn me of any risks of the surgery and I DID SPECIFICALLY ASK!! I was told there were no side effects at all. I also have gone back to him with all my problems. My doctor's partner in practice (also OB/GYN) even told me that my problems were occurring because a after a woman has a tubal her body has to work harder to mensturate (sounds like an admission to me). I asked him why I was not told that initially. If I had been told, I would of had my husband "snipped" instead of me. We just thought it would be easier for me. The doctor brushed it off and said that most women don't experience any side effects from a tubal and what I have now is just PMS. In an attempt to make me feel normal, he even went so far as to say that even Cleopatra way back in her days had PMS. He tried to prescribe me Sarafem (a derivative of Prozac). I threw that prescription right in the garbage. A week ago I changed OB/GYNs to a woman doctor. When they measured my height I was an inch and a half shorter. I initially thought maybe the last time my height was measured they measured incorrectly, but after seeing your website today, I am going to have my hormone levels checked, because I think I could be loosing bone mass.

I cried when I read your story today. My relationship with my husband and children has definitely been affected by my health. All I could think about were the pharmaceutical companies in the 80's that gave blood to hemophiliacs knowing that it was infected with the AIDS virus.

I guess if I do have PTS the only thing I can do is Hormone Replacement Therapy, but that has severe risks as well.

Posted on Jan 7, 2002, 4:35 PM

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