Endometriosis

On the twenty-second of July 2020, I had my Endometriosis surgery after ten years of waiting.  The Video For Surgery 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 g...

If you have a chronic illness (or even if you live in pain on the daily) even if it isn't endometriosis you know that pain can be hard to handle especially when it is recurring and nothing seems to help so here is a list of five ways to cope with endometriosis pain, leave in the comments what you use to deal with your pain. now I want to start by saying pain killers but that is a lie, well for me at least. my pain killers don't work sadly and all they do is put me to sleep which I guess can be a good thing because I get very little sleep when I am in pain. tens machine:   A transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation ( TENS )  unit  is a device that sends small electrical currents to targeted body parts. These currents are used to relieve pain. I find this helpful because It distracts my mind enough that the pain numbs a tad so it isn't so intense. weighted blanket: I love my weighted blanket, it is exactly that a blanket that is weighted. they are meant to ...

On Wednesday the 12th February, I had an appointment with my specialist to discuss the next steps in my treatment plan and this is what is going on and how it went down. it started out with me writing down a list the night before of all the symptoms I have experienced in the past which still affect me today and all the newer ones and printing it off. my list: painful periods, heavy periods (maternity pad soaked on a light day), blood clots (around 20 to 50 cent coin size), Fatigue, pain when I have a full bladder, pain when going toilet, sharp pain in the rectum and lower back when I need/when I have a bowel movement, nausea around ovulation and period, vomiting from pain around period, lower back pain (24/7) with pain increase when I am sitting/standing too long (around period and ovulation), pulling inside near my right ovary on my period when moving that feels like something is stuck and every time I move is pulling, sometimes not being able to walk on m...

TMI warning, blood, and all the beautifulness of female periods  this blog post is about a brief overview of how i found out about my suspected endometriosis and the journey so far that i have had with this illness my journey with this condition started when i was around six or seven years old when i had my first period. yes, i was an early bloomer.  my periods were irregular until i was nine years old. my mum always knew when another period was about to hit because i started getting pain from ovulation though until my period finished and i was very moody so she just knew. i was in and out of doctors for the pain for years, at ten i was put on birth control to try and stop my ten-fourteen day periods that were very heavy down to seven days which worked but not with the flow. at this point, i was missing a few days of school a month. by age fourteen i was in and out of the emergency room and different doctors for the pain, i was vomiting, curled up in pain, missing tw...

As an Endometrisoisis suffer i am no stranger to debilitating pain on a consistent basis, because of this i have found a few things that work for me and i am going to share my must-have endometriosis items.   castor oil pack-  now these are super easy to make and i actually have a tutorial on my youtube channel on how to make one  click to go to the video . i love these because they actually help reduce my bloating if i catch it in time. electric blanket-  now i don't mean the ones that you put under the sheets on your bed i mean the ones you take with you on the couch and plug into the powerpoint, they are also known as heating pads in America.    coffee-  i do know this doesn't help everyone but for me at least when i get really crampy and its that kind of pain you get with bowel endometriosis that is so painful but you can't physically go  (if you know then you know)  coffee helps me get things moving  *TMI*  and he...

I am apart of the  one in ten  women who suffer from endometriosis. endometriosis is a chronic illness with an unknown cause but is suspected to have something to do with too much estrogen. while there is no known cure for endometriosis they do have some treatment options which can help subside symptoms and/or help for a short amount of time so far the treatment options are hormones and excision surgery. WHAT IS ENDOMETRIOSIS A disorder in which tissue that normally lines the uterus grows outside the uterus. I will say that some people do find relief from common pain meds but I'm on 3 kinds of pain killers very strong (1000mg panadol, 500mg mefenamic acid and 100mg tramadol (3x daily for pain)) and as I'm writing this I'm on my last cycle of Noriday which is the 2nd last birth control I can go on before surgery and menopause tablets. now because I want to make the most out of this blog post I'll link my endometriosis playlist which ha...