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I am a 32 year old female. I am a mother of two small children and have a career in which I just completed a master's program to pursue advancement. I want to be healthy and have a quality of life. I am a very driven person and do experience some anxiety and insomnia. In 2005, my uterus was removed due to fibroid tumors. Endometriosis tissue was found in my uterus. In March of 2010, I had a 10 cm. Mucinous cystadenoma removed along with both of my ovaries and tubes. Since that date, I have had approximately eight abdominal surgeries to remove recurrent ovarian remnants which present as complex ovarian masses; 2 of the 8 surgeries were due to complications post surgery. For the past year, I have been under the care of a gyno onc specialist at a major urban research hospital. This doctor removed the last ovarian remnant last November and found endometriosis in my abdomen. Unfortunately, this last October 2011, I presented symptoms and after a CT another ovarian mass has returned. My hormones fluctuate as these masses seem to produce hormones and cycle as if I had ovaries. As of the end of March, I have been in increasing more and more pain. The pain presents in the location of the mass which is in my lower back (like back labor) and lower right groin/ abdominal pain which radiated into my lower right hip. The pain is substantial and has made in impossible for me to work. On the last CT, one week ago, the mass is showing calcification which she believes has caused a drastic increase in pain. My doctor also believes that the endometriosis is accounting for the pain more so than the mass. The mass is located in such a position that it is unable to be drained by an radiologist. It is attached to major structures such as colon, vaginal cuff, and right ureter. My doctor wants to avoid surgery due to the surgical risk- number of past surgeries, past increasing surgical complications, risk involved with surgery due to attachment of structures, lack or resolve with past surgeries...No cancer cells have been found which is frustrating because this does not present as a typical benign situation. My doctor has stated that this is the rarest case she has ever seen of ovarian remnant syndrome. Currently, I have been taken off of all hormones and presenting no menopausal symptoms which means the mass has to be producing a substantial amount of hormone. My doctor has determined that we should try the injection lupron for the next 3-6 months. She has explained that the side effects will be substantial, yet she thinks this will kill the endometriosis remaining or drastically reduce it and possibly kill the tumor and relieve my pain. I want a solution to this forever ending problem. Continuous surgery is not the solution as it has proven unsuccessful as a solution to this problem.I am to young to accept contentment and acceptance with this is the condition and pain I should expect to live the rest of my life in. Other than kidney stones, I have no other medical conditions. I have read various blogs and information about Lupron and am concerned about the side effects and controversy associated with this drug. Is this an appropriate treatment? If not, what other treatments are possible? Something has to be done and I want a resolve for this condition. A year from now, I want to be able to say I am healthy with no problems.