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Traveling After Fertility Treatment
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John David Gordon MD

Posted
Fri 25 Sep 2009 3:34pm
A lot of patients ask for advice when trying to coordinate fertility treatments and vacation or business travel. In general, I ask them to consider a couple of factors when trying to decide what to do. First of all, if hoping on a plane were all you needed to do to prevent pregnancy then flight attendants would never experience unintended pregnanci ...
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What Are Endometrial Cysts And How Are They Treated
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Lucy J.
Posted
Thu 06 May 2010 11:39pm
More often than not, a woman who is diagnosed with some type of ovarian cyst, becomes full of negative feelings, mainly fear. This is usually due to the fact that they do not understand how the body works, why they may have developed and how are endometrial cysts treated.
To clarify a little, an ...
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Endometriosis and IVF
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John David Gordon MD

Posted
Fri 25 Sep 2009 3:34pm
Sorry for the large gap between posts but I actually took some vacation and have been paying for it ever since. Usually it takes at least a week to catch up and handle all the questions that have been raised over the previous week. This torture explains why my vacation schedule is pretty sparse!
Once back here at Dominion I was interested ...
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The buck stops with me
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Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:17am
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A patient I saw today had just flown in from the UK. She had endometriosis, and had been advised IVF. She had an endometriotic cyst ( chocolate cyst) in her right ovary, and her IVF doctor refused to start her IVF treatment until the cyst was removed. He referred her to her gynecologist, for removal of the cyst. She got so fed up while waiting ...
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Endometriosis – Latest UK Expert Advice
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Dave W

Posted
Mon 08 Mar 2010 12:46am
Endometriosis is defined as the presence of tissue or cells from the lining of the womb (endometrium) elsewhere in the body. It is most commonly found around the uterus and ovaries, but it can be located anywhere in the body except the spleen. In the ovary endometriosis can form cysts containing old blood, also known as chocolate cysts (endom ...
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My story: Katie Hogg.
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Shireen Hand
Posted
Sat 19 Jan 2013 2:00am
Katie is a beautiful endo sister that I met on Twitter last year. Always trying to support others and find the positive for her endo sisters, I doubt any of us really knew how she was feeling. Here, Katie shares her story with us...
It all started in 1985 when, at age 10, my first period arrived. It was nothing particularly memorable. ...
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