These suggestions would be in addition to everything other folks have mentioned already:
Would your doctor be willing and able to refer you to a pelvic pain specialist (either M.D. or physical therapist) if there's one in your area? The PT I saw for mine at least gave me a lot of coping methods that do help reduce the pain. (For A LOT to a lot, but still.)
Speaking of pain, have you tried specific pain-relieving types of medications with your doctor (I see discussion of BC in your post, but no analgesics). If you haven't discussed prescription pain relievers and that's something you'd like to consider, it might be an additional option. If your OB-GYN is uncomfortable prescribing longer term pain medication (mine was), it might be worth asking for a referral to a pain clinic.
This is a longer shot, since its purpose is generally for heavy bleeding rather than pain, but would you be willing to try something like endometrial ablation (http://community.livejournal.com/vaginapagina/tag/endometrial%20ablation)? I mention this because when I was researching for my own ablation, studies showed that post-ablation, something like 2/3 - 3/4 of patients (depending on the specific method used) reported little or mild menstrual pain.
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Date: 2011-12-31 05:33 am (UTC)Would your doctor be willing and able to refer you to a pelvic pain specialist (either M.D. or physical therapist) if there's one in your area? The PT I saw for mine at least gave me a lot of coping methods that do help reduce the pain. (For A LOT to a lot, but still.)
Speaking of pain, have you tried specific pain-relieving types of medications with your doctor (I see discussion of BC in your post, but no analgesics). If you haven't discussed prescription pain relievers and that's something you'd like to consider, it might be an additional option. If your OB-GYN is uncomfortable prescribing longer term pain medication (mine was), it might be worth asking for a referral to a pain clinic.
This is a longer shot, since its purpose is generally for heavy bleeding rather than pain, but would you be willing to try something like endometrial ablation (http://community.livejournal.com/vaginapagina/tag/endometrial%20ablation)? I mention this because when I was researching for my own ablation, studies showed that post-ablation, something like 2/3 - 3/4 of patients (depending on the specific method used) reported little or mild menstrual pain.