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...

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...