Earlier than I used to be identified with endometriosis, I used to be satisfied that having painful and heavy durations was regular. My pals by no means appeared to have it that unhealthy each month, they usually additionally didn’t bleed or expertise ache in between their durations like I did.

I began going to medical doctors for the ache and heavy bleeding in my teenagers and I used to be placed on contraception, but it surely didn’t assist. It appeared like medical doctors have been simply gaslighting me each time I attempted to elucidate what was occurring to me. They made me really feel just like the ache was all in my head, and I believed it. I used to be additionally getting misdiagnosed with colitis, celiac illness, kidney infections, fibromyalgia, and different circumstances that didn’t match how I used to be feeling.

Lastly, in 2017, after spending Thanksgiving within the hospital on account of excruciating ache, a gastroenterologist listened to me. He was the primary physician to recommend that I’ll have endometriosis. As soon as I got here residence from the hospital, I instantly scheduled a diagnostic laparoscopic surgical procedure, a process to search out the reason for ache or progress within the stomach and pelvic space. My husband researched the situation so I could possibly be ready to deal with the take a look at’s outcomes.

Getting a Prognosis

After 20 years of debilitating ache, and quite a few hospital stays, I used to be identified with endometriosis on January 4, 2018. In the course of the process, among the progress was eliminated by way of ablation, which destroys tissue within the uterine lining. At 32, I didn’t know what I used to be up in opposition to, so I discovered myself turning to Dr. Google for info as a result of all I used to be given on the time was a small pamphlet and little clarification. I wished to know extra as a result of I didn’t like not understanding. I additionally determined to not go on medicine to suppress the illness.