endometriosis
By <name>/u/cello4lyfee</name><uri>https://old.reddit.com/user/cello4lyfee</uri>
hi guys, i recently went to my gyno and told her all my symptoms and she basically told me that i should get on birth control or think about doing the laparoscopy because she’s very certain i have endo. To me, it was never even a thought that i might have it because i thought all my symptoms were so normal. These are my symptoms: -I have to take 8 Advil tablets for my cramps everyday of my period for at least the first three days just to be able to get out of bed, and sometimes it’s still not enough for my pain. -My period will sometimes come the week after the one before but otherwise it’s pretty regular but I still have a short cycle (23 days). -The past few cycles I had to start using super plus tampons which I usually bleed through in two hours when my flow is the heaviest. -When I have sex during the few days before my period is hurts so bad it literally makes me want to vomit so I’ve stopped doing it then, and I never have it on my period because of that and also the fact that I’m very prone to UTIs. -It also hurts really bad when I put a tampon in on the first few days of my period. -My period literally just exhausts me and I have so much brain fog during it it’s really hard for me to focus. -I get sharp pains around ovulation mainly in my right side that aren’t nearly as bad as my period cramps but they’re enough to distract me from work. Sometimes I have to take a minute to lay down from them. -Heating pads help my pain a lot but sometimes don’t work if my cramps are really bad. -i am always nauseous in the days leading up to my period and always spotting for at least 2 or 3 days before it, and I’m always nauseous while on my period too. -i have a history of ovarian cysts, both hemmoraghic and clear but never had a chocolate cyst My mom always just tells me its from stress so idk what to do. I really don’t want the surgery and I am not doing birth control because both the times I’ve been on it my periods only have gotten worse. I’m not even sure if I have e
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