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By <name>/u/ImmediateScale2963</name><uri>https://old.reddit.com/user/ImmediateScale2963</uri>

Hi everyone! I’m 22 and fairly new to learning about endometriosis, so I wanted to share my experience and see if anyone has had anything similar. I’ve had extremely painful periods since I first started menstruating. They were severe enough that I started birth control around age 13, which helped significantly with the pain. I stopped taking it a few years ago because I developed migraines, and since then my period pain has gradually become much worse again. Recently, I went in for my first Pap smear, which came back normal, but my provider noticed that my cervix had an unusual appearance and referred me to an OB-GYN. During the exam, my OB-GYN found what she strongly suspects are prolapsed fibroids: an approximately 4 cm firm mass protruding through the cervical opening, along with several smaller fingerlike/ovoid masses on stalks. She deferred a biopsy because of the potential bleeding risk and planned a hysteroscopic myomectomy. I also have significant pelvic pain, including left-sided pain, and a recent ultrasound found a 3.2 cm simple left paraovarian cyst. My uterus and ovaries otherwise appeared normal on the ultrasound. My OB-GYN also suspects possible endometriosis because of my history of severe dysmenorrhea since menarche. My maternal grandmother had endometriosis and fibroids and eventually had a hysterectomy at 33. I know I don't have a confirmed diagnosis of endometriosis, but I'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar combination of severe period pain, fibroids, cysts, and/or suspected endometriosis. What was your experience like, and how did you eventually get answers or a diagnosis? submitted by /u/ImmediateScale2963 [link] [comments]

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