Bowel endo and hysterectomyI found out in March that I have stage 4 endometriosis. I’ve been having severe pain for years, was diagnosed with IBS-c and had all the symptoms of endo, but...Reactions0reactionsComments0 repliesHysterectomyMental HealthSurgery
Post surgery return to workHello , I had surgery for endo with Laparoscopy among 4 other procedures for infertility as well on 12th April - and also had post surgery complications and was told...Reactions0reactionsComments13 repliesCopingLaparoscopySurgery
Surgical Menopause (endometrioma/bilateral oophorectomy)Hi everyone! I lost my L ovary in 2021 due to a long undiagnosed endometrioma that ruptured. I now have a growing endometrioma on my remaining ovary and am looking...Reactions0reactionsComments10 repliesCopingSurgeryTips & Advice
Surgery nerves The nerves for surgery is starting to get to me -3 days out and I’m starting to doubt if I get myself to walk through the 🏥 hospital door in...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesCopingSurgery
Surgery pre-tip advice Just have a question,if I woke up with a chesty cough (asthma) do u think my surgery would be postponed in a week because of it ?...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesSurgerySymptoms
Have you had more than one surgery for endometriosis?If you already had one surgery for endo, how do/did you know when it is time to have another one? What surgeries have you had?What was recovery like?How are you...Reactions0reactionsComments87 repliesSurgery
Medication thoughts, advice and maybe even suggestions Hiyaa, A couple of weeks ago I posted how I was not actually diagnosed but my doctor swears by it that my pain is endo and just doesn't want to...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesSurgeryTreatmentDiagnosis
First Lapro: Dr also recommends hysterectomy Hi Community. I’m so glad this space is here. Yesterday I had a surgery consult after years of trying to get my endo pain under control and a particularly painful...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesSurgeryHysterectomy
Diagnosed endo. Visible lump, not shown on ultrasound Hello, I'm wondering if maybe you could help me. I have endometriosis, had my second surgery in July for removal of large endometrioma and ablation to endo. It's 5 almost...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesSymptomsSurgeryRecurrence
First Laparoscopic Surgery: what to expect Hello All, I’ve finally convinced my doctors to get me in for a surgery to see what’s going on after a particularly horrendous flare up a few weeks ago. I’m...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesLaparoscopyFlaresSurgery