Endometriosis Surgery

On the twenty-second of July 2020, I had my Endometriosis surgery after ten years of waiting.

I had to wake up at six-forty to get ready for surgery. I took a quick shower and headed to the hospital.

By 10:30 I was in the operating room. the atmosphere was really calming and they walked me through everything that was happening. the whole team was male except a few nurses which I would have normally freaked out about but I was freaking out about what they would find when they went in.

When I came out of the operating room and woke up it was confirmed with pictures that I had endometriosis. there wasn't a lot but there was new growth growing on the wall between my uterus and intestines that they couldn't get. what they could remove they did and have sent away for testing. my doctor thinks the reason I had so little is because I have been on birth control since I was ten and while it has made my symptoms worse it has stopped the growth; and now that I have gone off birth control leading up to surgery that it had started to form more growths.

the next step is my post-op which I will have details on soon. My doctor also wants me to go on hormone blockers from what I remember which I will find out more about the game plan at my post-op which won't be very helpful for when I actually want kids which he knows is important to me. i will update this blog post when i have had my post-op with everything

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