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Post by willow82 on Sept 22, 2012 13:57:54 GMT -5
I'm anxiously awaiting my laproscopy on October 2nd.
I know every woman is different, and presents with different symptoms.
How did you and your doctor reach the conclusion that laproscopy was necessary?
How certain were you that it was likely endometriosis?
How certain was your doctor?
Did you have physical findings that indicated endometriosis (cysts, fixed uterus, etc)?
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Post by omaklackey on Sept 22, 2012 16:36:15 GMT -5
I think most of us have to beg for a laprascope, as opposed to deciding its time. I know I did. I had to know what was wrong and I was finally so desperate I begged for the lap to find out. So I think its when you hit every dead end possible and the only thing left is to go inside and see what's what!
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Post by semicolon on Sept 23, 2012 12:14:49 GMT -5
I had a scheduled colon resection due to a colon stricture which gave me my diagnosis, so I guess I got my diagnosis the easy way! Just kidding, but my surgery was not really a choice and at the time endo was in the middle of a list of potential causes. But after that I had continuing pain so I sought out an endo specialist. For me, I wanted to be aggressive since my endo was clearly being aggressive back. Others might have some more helpful stories.
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Post by hellsbells on Sept 23, 2012 15:11:19 GMT -5
Persistent abdo pain, bloating etc. Went to see private gynae and he suggested a lap, which was what I'd wanted all along.
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Post by 1234 on Sept 24, 2012 8:10:47 GMT -5
For me it was hitting a dead end and being so frustrated. By the time I finally found someone who didn't think I was making everything up, I was so relieved to have surgery. I'm having another surgery in 10 days, and am, similarly, very relieved to have it.
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Post by Karen on Sept 26, 2012 18:41:57 GMT -5
I basically begged for a lap. I went from doctor to doctor with some seriously bad pain for a few months and when I finally landed at a gyn's PA, she gave me two options: try hormone therapy for a few months to see if it'd work (I now know how totally wrong that option was) or have a lap. I jumped at option 2 and after meeting with the surgeon, she agreed. I think all of us have the intuition to know what we need - it's just a matter of getting a doctor to understand that. I was lucky - I went to a gyn that ONLY sees women with issues - no pregnancies - so I think she understood better than anyone that I needed someone to take a look inside based on what I was describing.
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Post by MustangGtGirl on Sept 30, 2012 15:04:13 GMT -5
I am with the girls I could not wait for my lap. I went for Ct scans, colonoscopy, Sono's and when everything came back negative and my Dr said he felt it was endo and that a lap was the only true way I said sign me up. I needed answers. Our minds can drive us crazy and the unknown is the worst. Do not be afraid to ask your Dr questions.
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Post by willow82 on Oct 3, 2012 9:39:16 GMT -5
For me it was a little different. Even my doctor asked me yesterday before I was wheeled in for surgery what took me so long to get help. I spent my entire adult life up until the beginning of this year believing that my terrible period was just my lot in life.
The first gyno I saw put me on the pill, and after that failed about a month and a half ago things went very fast. Within a week of returning to full blown pain I was scheduled for laproscopy with my new wonderful gynecologist. I got lucky in that my primary care has women with endo in his family, and immediately picked up on what I was dealing with back in March. Also very lucky that the practice of endo specialist his family members used are attached to his practice.
After years of suffering in the end it almost happened too fast, and my symptoms after stopping birth control were SO BAD, they felt foreign, not like the pain that caused me to hunt for an endo diagnosis in the first place.
So I spent the past month feeling completely insane about all of it.
Though as of yesterday at 7pm, relieved about the entire thing, since my primary care, the gynecologist and I were right all along.
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