Don't get me wrong, the physical recovery from my hysterectomy was rough but at almost 3 months out I can say that I am in absolutely no pain for the first time in years. Unfortunately, the emotional and hormonal rollercoaster is far from over.Everywhere I look it seems like someone else is pregnant. For the most part, I am very happy for these... Read more
I would like to tell you that I woke up in recovery from my hysterectomy feeling fantastic but that would be a lie. I was in pain! It was rough the first day but by the second I was up and walking around. My hysterectomy was done abdominally so I had a incision much like you would have after a c-section. Thankfully my previous c-section "taught"... Read more
In August of 2008 I had a second laparoscopy because the pain had returned and with a vengeance. They removed more endometriosis and adhesions caused by endometriosis. They also performed a procedure to sever the nerve that provides pain sensations to part of the uterus and attempted to strengthen the muscles to hold my uterus up into... Read more
Many people ask me what the pain of endometriosis is like but since it is different for everyone and dependant on placement it can be hard to explain. You can have a lot of endometriosis and very little pain or small areas of endometriosis placed in sensitive spots which causes massive ammounts of pain.
My pain after the birth of our... Read more
After being told I might have endometriosis the doctor placed me on continuous birth control pills. The thought was that using the birth control that way would prevent the endometriosis from taking over. Since a laparoscopy is the only definitive way to diagnose endometriosis, and I had not had one, I was not convinced that was my problem anyway.... Read more
