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I just wanted to bump this up and send you a very big hug. This must be so hard for you to go through. My thoughts are with you xox

thanks. i'm tired of life right now.

Wow, I'm not at all familiar with endometriosis so I can't speak on it. However, what you describe sounds painful. What do you think about getting a second opinion? Whenever surgery is involved it's usually helpful to get an opinion at 2 places. Big hugs to you!!

thanks for your respoinse, soulbird. i saw 5 different doctors since june for the same issue, and none could figure out what it was. the only possibility any of them came up with that was not ruled out is endometriosis. :/

I had endoscopic surgery to look at and treat endometriosis and it wasn't bad at all. I took a few days afterward to feel normal, but it was actually a relief to care for my body for once and trust others to do so too. My monthly pain has diminished. Good luck with whatever you decide.

I don't know if this will help you at all, but I've been dealing with problems similar to yours for the last 4 years. I've been on the pill for the last 5 years as trying to help, but I've still gotten pain. They basically told me that I had endo, but hadn't done the surgery to check - I was apparently too young. But then at the beginning of october when it should have been my time of the month, my period never came. I had a lot of pain though, so I finally made an appointment after 5 negative preg tests and being almost 3 weeks late. Went to the doc and she said they'd schedule the exploratory surgery for late November, then she decided to do an internal ultrasound just because I'd been in pain. Turns out I had a very large cyst which apparently needed to be removed immediately, and they'd get any endo out too. This was a Saturday and I had the surgery on the following Tuesday.
They drained the cyst, but found no endo. Apparently I'm just prone to cysts, sometimes they drain themselves and sometimes they slowly leak. But I digress.
Point is, maybe you don't even have endo, that's what they thought it was for me and that's going on 4 years of tests. They even sent me for a colonoscopy - I'm 23. But I am recovering from the surgery that they want you to have, so if you need someone to talk to about that, maybe I can be at least a little helpful. Let me know. Try to stay positive.