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Members discussed whether taking estrogen before endometriosis excision surgery is necessary, with some surgeons recommending it to make... Read more

Members discussed whether taking estrogen before endometriosis excision surgery is necessary, with some surgeons recommending it to make lesions more visible (especially after Lupron suppression) while others prefer patients to be hormonally suppressed before surgery. Several members shared their experiences with bioidentical estrogen patches, noting absorption issues that led some doctors to switch to vaginal suppositories, and one member described being off Lupron for three months before starting estrogen a month prior to surgery. A recurring theme was the lack of consistency in pre-surgical protocols across surgeons, leaving members wondering why approaches differ so widely when treating the same disease.