HOW MUCH CAN ONE WOMAN TAKE?
She was prescribed Lupron after her first surgery, unaware of the potentially grim side effects. Solomon struggled to put into words how horrible of an experience Lupron was, which caused her to have to leave school for an extended time. “Imagine being a sophomore in college and going through menopause while still recovering from endometriosis surgery?” she said. Solomon said things were “okay-ish but not great” after her second surgery. The pain was still intense and led to a third surgery in 2003. “Everything was attached to everything else—it all went right back to where it was,” she said. “I was in Pittsburgh then for a fellowship while applying to grad school. My dad, sister, and one of my best friends at the time piled into my apartment to help me recover.” The pain diminished during recovery but was still there. “I graduated from grad school in 2006, and my flare-ups started again. That’s when I had surgery number four,” Solomon said. “My surgeon told me I had two tiny fibroids growing, one of my fallopian tubes was blocked, and it was time to start discussing my fertility. He said if I wanted to get pregnant, I had to do it sooner rather than later.”
“Imagine being a sophomore in college and going through menopause while still recovering from endometriosis surgery?”
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