Welcome New Member Amy Cook/Case History/Chronic EN

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Dear Amy,On behalf of all our members, welcome to our Erythema Nodosum Group! Thanks for sending in your Questionnaire. I have added your information to our "Member Medical History" Files on the Group site and posted it below.You now have Full EN Group privileges.You are receiving ALL EN Group emails, and you may also visit the Erythema Nodosum Group Site:http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/erythema_nodosum_Group/ whenever you like by logging on with your Yahoo ID and secret password.You do not have to have the group emails delivered to be a member here. Let me know if you want the emails to stop.I hope you will remain a member here to support others even after you go into remission. Since EN IS NOT BEING ACTIVELY RESEARCHED, please take this opportunity to make a generous donation to our "EN Research Fund" to find a cure for this painful disorder.http://www.geocities.com/erythema_nodosum/donate/index.htm Also, please visit our new Erythema Nodosum Websitehttp://www.geocities.com/erythema_nodosum/ We intend to make it the best EN website on the net.I agree in doubting that the BCP's are a factor and your dr. should look further.Welcome to our Friendly Erythema Nodosum Group!Love,Chronic Idiopathic EN since 1968********Amy Cook's Case History1/13/081. Your name and age: Amy Cook, 242. Your location: Maui, Hawaii3. Your email address: amy.aacook@... 4. Your Yahoo ID: amy_cook_85. Describe your erythema nodosum/PG symptoms or, if you do not have EN or PG, please explain why you wish to join this group.I "break out" in painful bumps on my thighs, calves, and buttocks regularly. The bumps persist for weeks and new ones continue to form for about a month, eventually they subside. It has been happening since well before puberty (about 5 years before my period I started getting them). I have been on several forms of birth control for 5 years, which seems unrelated to me. Just got a diagnosis in this current break out, my doctor told me to stop taking my bc even though I said the bumps preceeded any sort of hormone therapy.6. List any other health conditions.none.7. State what medications or treatments you take for EN, and their effectiveness:none.8. When did you first get erythema nodosum or PG? I was 12 or so.9. How long have you had erythema nodosum or PG? Around 13 years.10. Do you agree to treat all EN members with respect? yes.11.Do you agree to post NO advertisements for any products or services? yes.12. How did you find this Group? (Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves Search, referral from another group or person etc.)medical forum link.