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Bobo - there are many women that experience hormonal ups and downs after having a TL. Dr Berger wrote an article on PTLS (Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome) - here is a link to it:
I believe there may be a link to another one of his blogs as well. You are not alone as I am sure many will chime in here. A TR (tubal reversal) may help your symptoms but there is no guarantee. As far as your doctor's suggestion of primrose, it may be a good start. EPO (evening primrose oil) is well known for its "natural" healing of PMS and regulating a woman's menstrual cycle. In fact, even if you decide to have a TR, getting started on EPO can be a good thing even before. Many women after TR take EPO to help improve their chances of conception because it helps increase estrogen levels before ovulation and produce CM (cervical mucus) which is necessary for fertility at ovulation.
Unfortunately, many docs don't believe in PTLS, so you may have a hard time getting a sympathetic ear among the medical community. However, if you think a TR is a possible option, you should talk to the nurses at CHTRC. I hope you are able to get the relief you need!
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bobo, a TR may indeed help you. It has helped a great deal of ladies on this board, including myself. It is common to have the ob/gyn tell us it's all in our heads, and that the TR will not help, but the proof is right in front of you. I had bad PTLS, but didn't even associate it with my TL until after my TR. I thought I was just "getting older" and this was to be expected. Continue to search the boards, and talk to the ladies, and decide if you think this might benefit you.
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Hi, I am new here. I had a tl done in 2004. Since then every month my breasts hurt (started gradually, as knots and now my breast double in size a week before af). it usedto just happen during pms, but now a few years later I feel like my entire month is one big hormonal roller coaster that I can't deal with anymore. Now my breasts hurt a week after af and then pms starts 2weeks later after starting my period. when my period starts I now have cramps that I didn't before the tl. I also clot a whole lot more. i'm also an emotional mess 3 out of 4 weeks a month. I swear this is due to my tl, but yet all my gyn wants to do is give me primrose and all will be better. I went to another gyn and she said take vitamin D. what is up with this? these vitamins do nothing at all and i'm so at a loss. I feel like I have already lost my mind, and don't want to live like this. its affected my work and relationships (the migrain the day before af starts is killer). I told my gyn yesterday that I just want help cause i'm at the point of putting a gun to my head cause this is making my life so miserable I can't stand it at all (and told my doc this as I cried yesterday, after she hurried me through my appt) . Is there anything I can do? Are there any doc's that can understand what i'm going through? if I had known at all that this would be my life with a tl I would have never had done it. I regret it now with all my life and I just want my life back. will a reversal help? please if anyone can understand or lead me in the right direction I would greatly appriecite it. help, i'm despirate....
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