Question:
I am new to this site. I have enjoyed reading a few of the letters posted. Last September, during my seventh laser laparoscopy for endometriosis, my doctor told me about something new I now have: pelvic varicose veins. We knew it was a new thing because it wasn't diagnosed or seen on the videos from the previous surgeries. I understand from different doctors that by these veins can cause considerable pain, and they are NOT treatable. Apparently varicose veins in the legs can be treated by a process known as "stripping?" I am now on medical disability for the constant, chronic pain I am in from the endo and veins. Please write and let me know: -- Has anyone else been diagnosed with pelvic varicose veins? -- If so, what does your doctor say about it? -- Do you experience a lot of pain? -- Have you heard whether or not they are treatable? -- And any other information you can give me on the subject.

Answer: -I wrote a lenghty letter to Marybeth about this and I mut have just sent it to her....I saw the post that LAURIE made about the varicose veins and I wonder alsoif Alurie could post it on here it was from a while ago but it was one of those FYI's and it was info from the University Of Pennsylvania....... Thanks Meg you were thenone who told me to look it up the first time . -I think I posted what you were looking for. Check out the "info for ya'll on pelvic varicose veins" and see if it is what you were looking for. -I don't know if this will help, but it is something to find out about.... I found it in an article of the magazine Woman's World for the week of May 26, 1998...page 13. Here it is word for word. Hope it helps. Quick Cure For The hidden pain that affects millions of women It starts as a heavy feeling in the pelvis, then turns into a throbbing pain as the day wears on. Standing makes the pain worse, and it often becomes more intense just before or during menstruation. Sound familiar? You could be suffering from pelvic congestion syndrome-- a newly diagnosed condition that strikes up to 15 percent of American women. Now, a breakthrough in the understanding of what causes the pain has also led to an easy way to diagnose and treat it. "The basic problem is varicose veins of the ovaries," explains Lindsay Machan, MD, associate professor of radiology at the University of Bristish Columbia, Canada. "Because of leaky valves, blood traveling through the ovarian veins flows the wrong way. Instead of going uphill to the heart, it moves downhill and pools in the pelvis."