Post by needadvise on Sept 8, 2006 10:02:09 GMT -5
(long, but if you have the time and knowledge on this, plz help!..it is soo much appreciated)
I wanted to ask anyone who has been through this, their symptoms, and stuff, cause i feel like i may have endo. i have unexplained infertility, we ttc-ed 3+yrs hard trying, and several years on unprotected sex before that. i have never been on birth control, and then finally we concieved on clomid/iui and 13 months ago had a baby, and since it took so long, we said why wait, and have been 'trying' 11 months now w/o luck.
ok...my periods used to be pretty normal, not much cramping, not too heavy, a super plus tampon would work fine for several hours, no problem. now my periods have been increasingly more painful, i mean i could probobly rip a dish rag in my mouth right now, and iam 3 days into af. i have been having lots of lower back pain...lots of it, and shooting pains down legs.
i have been having it very heavy, much more so then i used to. since the birth of my daughter, i have to wear a super plus, and a pad or even 2 sometimes, and change often. my dr. prescribed me darvocet which barely takes the edge off, and i don't wanna abuse pills, but now iam not just hurting 5 days out of the month..iam hurting 2 weeks out of the month! this past cycle anyway.
i never used to have O pains, and last 11 or so months, i have had serious O pains for a day or 2, and now i had BAD af cramping w/o blood from ovulation till my period, and it just got even worse when the blood came. i could not function w/o the davocet and heating pads, and i handle pain very well. i crack jokes through labor..no joke. i thought i was preggo cause one of my main symtpoms with my daughter, was that i had af cramps prior to menstration, but it obviously was not that, so why?
i obviously have trouble concieving...all my other tests pan out fine, but i don't know if i have it or not, and the test for it, scares the CR*P out of me. iam going to my dr next week to talk to him about my symptoms, but iam petrified of an invasive test that will A) surely hurt B) you may not even have it, and it was for nothing C) sorry for being incredibly vain, but my belly is my best asset, and iam petrified of scarring there, as iam not too happy with other parts of my appaearance. i don't know what it's like, but i read incisions, so there must be scars involved, i know i would have done anything to have my daughter, including tons of scars, but right now, iam just afraid is all, i don't wanna sound dumb, cause i do want a child more then a scar scares me, don't get me wrong there, plus i'd be scared to find out i have it, and if it's really bad, then what?
i don't wanna pop pain pills forever, and live in pain. i wanna have another child, and have normal periods again, but iam super scared. can my symptoms be anything else? what do they check for first? i haven't had an u/s just blood tests and a pap since i was pregnant 13 months ago. actually even my pap was a ways away at my 6 week post partum check up. i had an internal recently, but that wouldn't tell much right?
anyone who could share their stories with me, it would be awesome! i mean if i had endo would my iui have worked? or could it be that it has developed since the birth of my child? i don't know how fast it takes to 'pop up'. i am going to ask my mom if that runs in my family. we have ALOT of reproductive problems in my family. i know my mom had a lap done when i was much younger, and cysts removed, and eventually at 35 she had a hysterectomy, but i don't know all the details of why, but i know she had bad paps alot, and so far anyway, i haven't, but her mom died of ovarian cancer by 40, and her mom's mom died of repo. cancers as well, so i feel like a ticking time bomb.
my dr. knows this history, and said he will start checking me more thoroughly once i reach the age of 35, but iam turning 31 next week, does that mean something couldn't be going on now? like i said i know my mom had troubles, but unsure about the endo. if she did have it, i bet it's what i got *sigh* did it run in your family? iam sure it doesn't have to though.
those who have been through the lap, how was it? did it scar alot, hurt alot? were you able to concieve afterwards? did it come back? sorry so many questions, iam just trying to find out why iam in sooo much pain!
thanks, sorry this was such a long post!
hugs, michelle
ps- i have been nauseous the last week or so to. i don't think that has anything to do with it, but throwing it in. i also have IBS, and very infrequent painful very painful bowel movements. i don't know i think i read something about painful bowel movements and endo, but it's the norm for me. i have had it since i was a teen, and no dr's can find out anything wrong with my intestines, just that i have ibs, but it can feel like labor cramps, but iam used the pain, and infrequency of them. they said it's 'just me', just 'my body', i don't know if there is any link since i have had that so long. i have never been on birth control, and should have like 20 kids by now, if i were fertile. i do have 2 from 11 years ago, but had never had protected sex with my ex for 6 yrs, and didn't get pregnant for a long while, but still i was much younger to, and maybe didn't have it, or not so bad.
the symptom i don't seem to have is pain during sex and internals. it's very rare sex is painful to me, so i'd hate to get a procedure done needlessly if that must be present to be a sign. thanks!
I wanted to ask anyone who has been through this, their symptoms, and stuff, cause i feel like i may have endo. i have unexplained infertility, we ttc-ed 3+yrs hard trying, and several years on unprotected sex before that. i have never been on birth control, and then finally we concieved on clomid/iui and 13 months ago had a baby, and since it took so long, we said why wait, and have been 'trying' 11 months now w/o luck.
ok...my periods used to be pretty normal, not much cramping, not too heavy, a super plus tampon would work fine for several hours, no problem. now my periods have been increasingly more painful, i mean i could probobly rip a dish rag in my mouth right now, and iam 3 days into af. i have been having lots of lower back pain...lots of it, and shooting pains down legs.
i have been having it very heavy, much more so then i used to. since the birth of my daughter, i have to wear a super plus, and a pad or even 2 sometimes, and change often. my dr. prescribed me darvocet which barely takes the edge off, and i don't wanna abuse pills, but now iam not just hurting 5 days out of the month..iam hurting 2 weeks out of the month! this past cycle anyway.
i never used to have O pains, and last 11 or so months, i have had serious O pains for a day or 2, and now i had BAD af cramping w/o blood from ovulation till my period, and it just got even worse when the blood came. i could not function w/o the davocet and heating pads, and i handle pain very well. i crack jokes through labor..no joke. i thought i was preggo cause one of my main symtpoms with my daughter, was that i had af cramps prior to menstration, but it obviously was not that, so why?
i obviously have trouble concieving...all my other tests pan out fine, but i don't know if i have it or not, and the test for it, scares the CR*P out of me. iam going to my dr next week to talk to him about my symptoms, but iam petrified of an invasive test that will A) surely hurt B) you may not even have it, and it was for nothing C) sorry for being incredibly vain, but my belly is my best asset, and iam petrified of scarring there, as iam not too happy with other parts of my appaearance. i don't know what it's like, but i read incisions, so there must be scars involved, i know i would have done anything to have my daughter, including tons of scars, but right now, iam just afraid is all, i don't wanna sound dumb, cause i do want a child more then a scar scares me, don't get me wrong there, plus i'd be scared to find out i have it, and if it's really bad, then what?
i don't wanna pop pain pills forever, and live in pain. i wanna have another child, and have normal periods again, but iam super scared. can my symptoms be anything else? what do they check for first? i haven't had an u/s just blood tests and a pap since i was pregnant 13 months ago. actually even my pap was a ways away at my 6 week post partum check up. i had an internal recently, but that wouldn't tell much right?
anyone who could share their stories with me, it would be awesome! i mean if i had endo would my iui have worked? or could it be that it has developed since the birth of my child? i don't know how fast it takes to 'pop up'. i am going to ask my mom if that runs in my family. we have ALOT of reproductive problems in my family. i know my mom had a lap done when i was much younger, and cysts removed, and eventually at 35 she had a hysterectomy, but i don't know all the details of why, but i know she had bad paps alot, and so far anyway, i haven't, but her mom died of ovarian cancer by 40, and her mom's mom died of repo. cancers as well, so i feel like a ticking time bomb.
my dr. knows this history, and said he will start checking me more thoroughly once i reach the age of 35, but iam turning 31 next week, does that mean something couldn't be going on now? like i said i know my mom had troubles, but unsure about the endo. if she did have it, i bet it's what i got *sigh* did it run in your family? iam sure it doesn't have to though.
those who have been through the lap, how was it? did it scar alot, hurt alot? were you able to concieve afterwards? did it come back? sorry so many questions, iam just trying to find out why iam in sooo much pain!
thanks, sorry this was such a long post!
hugs, michelle
ps- i have been nauseous the last week or so to. i don't think that has anything to do with it, but throwing it in. i also have IBS, and very infrequent painful very painful bowel movements. i don't know i think i read something about painful bowel movements and endo, but it's the norm for me. i have had it since i was a teen, and no dr's can find out anything wrong with my intestines, just that i have ibs, but it can feel like labor cramps, but iam used the pain, and infrequency of them. they said it's 'just me', just 'my body', i don't know if there is any link since i have had that so long. i have never been on birth control, and should have like 20 kids by now, if i were fertile. i do have 2 from 11 years ago, but had never had protected sex with my ex for 6 yrs, and didn't get pregnant for a long while, but still i was much younger to, and maybe didn't have it, or not so bad.
the symptom i don't seem to have is pain during sex and internals. it's very rare sex is painful to me, so i'd hate to get a procedure done needlessly if that must be present to be a sign. thanks!