I'm pretty sure they are terms for the same thing. The small intestine is also called the small bowel and the large intestine the large bowel. Maybe you could ask them to be more specific about what part of your intestines the endo is located. I had endo on my rectum pretty bad, which is part of the colon, and the colon is part of the large intestine, so technically that was intestinal endo also. I kept getting confused when my doctor kept going back and forth between the terms. I hope that helped some.

Thanks Lucy, that makes a lot of sense. Now when you say you had it in your rectum, did they find that during surgery or did they do some sort of rectal exam or colonoscopy? Sorry for the way tmi, but I've wondered if I have it there, too.

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They actually found it during my first lap. It wasn't inside my rectum, just growing on the outside. My uterus and rectum were attached. Then for my second surgery, I saw an endo specialist. Since he was out of state, he ordered a colonoscopy to get a little better idea of what was going on since he couldn't actually examine me. And also, the first surgeon didn't take pictures during the lap of that area, so he was further unaware of how bad it was there.

So the colonoscopy was normal, and on my pre-op exam, my rectum was also normal. So only the lap diagnosed my rectal endo. I think it's fairly rare for it to actually perforate the rectum. If you have painful bowel movements during your period that might be an indication you have endo there. Have you had a lap?

Before I post this, my internet is being weird, so it might post this a tons of times. Sorry if it does!

You are welcome...don't worry about the tmi!

They actually found it during my first lap. It wasn't inside my rectum, just growing on the outside. My uterus and rectum were attached. Then for my second surgery, I saw an endo specialist. Since he was out of state, he ordered a colonoscopy to get a little better idea of what was going on since he couldn't actually examine me. And also, the first surgeon didn't take pictures during the lap of that area, so he was further unaware of how bad it was there.

So the colonoscopy was normal, and on my pre-op exam, my rectum was also normal. So only the lap diagnosed my rectal endo. I think it's fairly rare for it to actually perforate the rectum. If you have painful bowel movements during your period that might be an indication you have endo there. Have you had a lap?

Before I post this, my internet is being weird, so it might post this a tons of times. Sorry if it does!

You are welcome...don't worry about the tmi!

They actually found it during my first lap. It wasn't inside my rectum, just growing on the outside. My uterus and rectum were attached. Then for my second surgery, I saw an endo specialist. Since he was out of state, he ordered a colonoscopy to get a little better idea of what was going on since he couldn't actually examine me. And also, the first surgeon didn't take pictures during the lap of that area, so he was further unaware of how bad it was there.

So the colonoscopy was normal, and on my pre-op exam, my rectum was also normal. So only the lap diagnosed my rectal endo. I think it's fairly rare for it to actually perforate the rectum. If you have painful bowel movements during your period that might be an indication you have endo there. Have you had a lap?

Before I post this, my internet is being weird, so it might post this a tons of times. Sorry if it does!

You are welcome...don't worry about the tmi!

They actually found it during my first lap. It wasn't inside my rectum, just growing on the outside. My uterus and rectum were attached. Then for my second surgery, I saw an endo specialist. Since he was out of state, he ordered a colonoscopy to get a little better idea of what was going on since he couldn't actually examine me. And also, the first surgeon didn't take pictures during the lap of that area, so he was further unaware of how bad it was there.

So the colonoscopy was normal, and on my pre-op exam, my rectum was also normal. So only the lap diagnosed my rectal endo. I think it's fairly rare for it to actually perforate the rectum. If you have painful bowel movements during your period that might be an indication you have endo there. Have you had a lap?

Before I post this, my internet is being weird, so it might post this a tons of times. Sorry if it does!

You are welcome...don't worry about the tmi!

They actually found it during my first lap. It wasn't inside my rectum, just growing on the outside. My uterus and rectum were attached. Then for my second surgery, I saw an endo specialist. Since he was out of state, he ordered a colonoscopy to get a little better idea of what was going on since he couldn't actually examine me. And also, the first surgeon didn't take pictures during the lap of that area, so he was further unaware of how bad it was there.

So the colonoscopy was normal, and on my pre-op exam, my rectum was also normal. So only the lap diagnosed my rectal endo. I think it's fairly rare for it to actually perforate the rectum. If you have painful bowel movements during your period that might be an indication you have endo there. Have you had a lap?