Post by hannah117 on Aug 23, 2016 11:39:33 GMT -5
I got my 1st period when I was 8, that day I was in the toilet screaming and crying with diharria, my mom was about to take me to the ER before I finally bled which at that point she called me dr who said it would all go away. I had really light periods for 2 years but the pain didn't subside as well as symptoms: vommiting, diharria, nasea, constipation, pain, fainting from pain. I was missdignosed with IBS, elecytrolyte deficiency, acid reflux, and since none of the treatments worked I was told it was my gut from anxiety. I had been to the hospital 4 times for possible appendicitis by the time I was 14, no one could find anything, I stopped seeing dr's at 15 b/c I couldn't stand being told this pain was in my head.
During the summer when I was 16, I developed really heavy periods, like super tampkn every 30 minutes and 13 days long, the dr put me on naproxen and it didn't help the bleeding but I could manage the pain. Then it happened in Febuary I was on Naproxen, I had diahria this period, I couldn't eat anything, I was in so much pain, and then I tried to do yoga, I immediately threw up and fainted on the washroom floor only to get up again to throw up all from the pain.
I saw my dr a few weeks later, she put me on Marvelon, it gave me panick attacks and I got a kidney stone from being on it for 6 days, I then had 4 periods each 3 days apart while I awaited for my referral to a Gynacologist, with each one the pain and symptoms got worse. She told me within minutes of seeing me I had endo and said that I needed to try birth control before she would do the surgery. I was then out on nuvaring, I got a severe infection b/c of an allergic reaction to it. After taut I was put on loloestrin, it gave me a migraine, and when I went off it I developed yet another bladder infection. I stopped seeing the gyn b/c I was annoyed from always being told I couldn't do anything, for 3 months I suffered periods that's were so painful all I could do was lay in bed, some days I couldn't even eat, I was missing 2 weeks of school a month and when I did come it was only for exams. One of my teachers called me out in the middle of class infront of everybody for it and all I could say is "I have an autimmune disease.
In July I saw the gyn again, she upped my dose on naproxen and I was put on progesterone only brith control, I had no issues like I did with the other pills but the pin wasn't getting better, I developed a severe kidney infection at the end of July, with swollen and bruised feet and the 1st week of August I went to the hospital and was told my bowel was being squished by something on the exterior so I was given a bowel prep, it didn't make anything better, and was put on flagyl for BV. I stopped the antibiotics a week ago and saw my gyn again yesturday hoping I could convince her to give me a lap, but the dr's were also worried about me needing a pap b/c of my history of sexual abuse, I told her that and she told me the pain was probably related to my gut and that it would get better with counselling, I showed her my pain journal for everyday this month and once again I was told it was all in my head. I was given Naproxen only to last 15 days by her and I have to take it everyday or the pain gets so much worse. I don't have periods b/c of this pill anymore and last night I discovered the hospital pain scale, it turns out what I thought was a 7 is a 9, I experience that everyday... And what I thought was an 8, fainting from pain is actually a 10, the gyn was telling me I didn't have a high pain tolerance but look I thought a 9 was normal!
I have an appointment with an endo speacilist in October but for the time being I don't know what I'm going to do b/c I'm in so much pain.
During the summer when I was 16, I developed really heavy periods, like super tampkn every 30 minutes and 13 days long, the dr put me on naproxen and it didn't help the bleeding but I could manage the pain. Then it happened in Febuary I was on Naproxen, I had diahria this period, I couldn't eat anything, I was in so much pain, and then I tried to do yoga, I immediately threw up and fainted on the washroom floor only to get up again to throw up all from the pain.
I saw my dr a few weeks later, she put me on Marvelon, it gave me panick attacks and I got a kidney stone from being on it for 6 days, I then had 4 periods each 3 days apart while I awaited for my referral to a Gynacologist, with each one the pain and symptoms got worse. She told me within minutes of seeing me I had endo and said that I needed to try birth control before she would do the surgery. I was then out on nuvaring, I got a severe infection b/c of an allergic reaction to it. After taut I was put on loloestrin, it gave me a migraine, and when I went off it I developed yet another bladder infection. I stopped seeing the gyn b/c I was annoyed from always being told I couldn't do anything, for 3 months I suffered periods that's were so painful all I could do was lay in bed, some days I couldn't even eat, I was missing 2 weeks of school a month and when I did come it was only for exams. One of my teachers called me out in the middle of class infront of everybody for it and all I could say is "I have an autimmune disease.
In July I saw the gyn again, she upped my dose on naproxen and I was put on progesterone only brith control, I had no issues like I did with the other pills but the pin wasn't getting better, I developed a severe kidney infection at the end of July, with swollen and bruised feet and the 1st week of August I went to the hospital and was told my bowel was being squished by something on the exterior so I was given a bowel prep, it didn't make anything better, and was put on flagyl for BV. I stopped the antibiotics a week ago and saw my gyn again yesturday hoping I could convince her to give me a lap, but the dr's were also worried about me needing a pap b/c of my history of sexual abuse, I told her that and she told me the pain was probably related to my gut and that it would get better with counselling, I showed her my pain journal for everyday this month and once again I was told it was all in my head. I was given Naproxen only to last 15 days by her and I have to take it everyday or the pain gets so much worse. I don't have periods b/c of this pill anymore and last night I discovered the hospital pain scale, it turns out what I thought was a 7 is a 9, I experience that everyday... And what I thought was an 8, fainting from pain is actually a 10, the gyn was telling me I didn't have a high pain tolerance but look I thought a 9 was normal!
I have an appointment with an endo speacilist in October but for the time being I don't know what I'm going to do b/c I'm in so much pain.