Post by jbottlehead on Sept 1, 2014 3:29:09 GMT -5
Hi everyone/anyone,
I was diagnosed with endo about 4 years ago (I'm 25 now) after years of painful periods/bowel movements/stabbing pain...you all probably know all the fun things that come with endo. I had a laproscopy in 2012 where they cut out some endo and the gyno said there was a good chance I would no longer have any issues. She put a Mirena in at the same time. How wrong she was!!! I was happy and healthy for about 6 months and then a cyst on left ovary developed. Since then I have had endo flair ups, been diagnosed with PCOS as well and been in the emergency room 5 times in the last year for ruptured cysts. Doc put me on the pill norimin in the hopes that it will slow the cysts developing and help with the endo pain. I have lost 3 jobs due to not being able to make it i to work when the pain is so bad...even with doctors certificates for every missed day! I have been diagnosed with depression after this and have lost a lot of friends because I couldn't g and see them and they just didn't understand. When the pain is bad I have to take Endone because nothing else works, even then I can still feel pain. It makes me feel really bad for my partner who has been so supportive throughout all this, but after driving me over an hour at very early hours of the morning to the closest ER, I feel pretty crappy for him. It affects our love life as well, as there is always pain involved and I think he feels guilty which makes me feel awful for him, and who knows how trying to get pregnant in the future is going to go...we both really want kids!! Does anyone else just feel like total sh*t in general, I have really been struggling the last week and just feel really sad about everything. Im studying to be a paramedic and a nurse and would love to be able to make it to every class but cant because of the pain some weeks!! Thanks for listening!
I was diagnosed with endo about 4 years ago (I'm 25 now) after years of painful periods/bowel movements/stabbing pain...you all probably know all the fun things that come with endo. I had a laproscopy in 2012 where they cut out some endo and the gyno said there was a good chance I would no longer have any issues. She put a Mirena in at the same time. How wrong she was!!! I was happy and healthy for about 6 months and then a cyst on left ovary developed. Since then I have had endo flair ups, been diagnosed with PCOS as well and been in the emergency room 5 times in the last year for ruptured cysts. Doc put me on the pill norimin in the hopes that it will slow the cysts developing and help with the endo pain. I have lost 3 jobs due to not being able to make it i to work when the pain is so bad...even with doctors certificates for every missed day! I have been diagnosed with depression after this and have lost a lot of friends because I couldn't g and see them and they just didn't understand. When the pain is bad I have to take Endone because nothing else works, even then I can still feel pain. It makes me feel really bad for my partner who has been so supportive throughout all this, but after driving me over an hour at very early hours of the morning to the closest ER, I feel pretty crappy for him. It affects our love life as well, as there is always pain involved and I think he feels guilty which makes me feel awful for him, and who knows how trying to get pregnant in the future is going to go...we both really want kids!! Does anyone else just feel like total sh*t in general, I have really been struggling the last week and just feel really sad about everything. Im studying to be a paramedic and a nurse and would love to be able to make it to every class but cant because of the pain some weeks!! Thanks for listening!
