I'm sorry that your doctor didn't tell you the statistics. My gyno said it's a 75% chance it will work but I have read as low as 26%!! Everyone is different. If you have endo growing outside the area that was removed, the endo will continue to grow. Your doctor should never have told you that a hysterectomy will put a stop to your endo.

Right now I am fighting to keep from having a hysterectomy. My husband and I don't want children but I refuse to let them "take it out". Once I let them do that, they wash their hands of me.

Take care! Speak with your doctor about the possibility that endo may have come back.

Thank you for your reply. some years back i had some success with taking yarrow, but had to stop taking it for other medical reasons; but it helped. http://www.mothernature.com/library/bookshelf/books/23/89.cfm

i found this web site tonight, http://www.endo-resolved.com/symptoms.html

maybe is not the endo it might be something else
how long ago did you have your hysterectomy done? my friends had it done and they are happy so im thinking about it too but my endo is also in my abdonimal wall so i would only have relieve from bleeding and so ovaries and maybe little bit from the rest and i even have so shoulder too and im sure it is from endo
p.s yarrow made my endo worse and i will never touch it again regardless what they say

I have had a hysterectomy two years ago and I still have endo. Actually severe endo and I barely function these days. I really wish doctors would tell the truth about endo and what may work and what doesn't. I reccommend a book for you to read The Endometriosis Source Book. It really has helped me understand. I have stage 4 endo and the pain is horrible almost everyday all day long. There is no cure for endo. I wish you the best through all your going though.

can you still take BC pills to help with the pain ? my endo in my pelvis is not too bad but i have it in my abdominal wall and i think in my skin in my breast i was just wondering if histerectomy would at least stop the endo spreading in my pelvis and my ovaries or bowels ?? at the moment im taking natural progesteron but i just started ? i have no pain in my pelvis at all but my shoulder is very painfull

Endo after a hyst is quite common, especially if you had endo on anything other than your uterus itself.
Were your ovaries removed? I assume so if you are on hormonal replacement.

In terms of sciatica, I had SEVERE sciatica down my left leg for 2 years straight due to endo and adhesions. Saw every doc on earth and all said "Hm, not sure why you have this?!"
It came back with a vengeance two periods later after my surgery. I had another girl on here who had it too who spoke to me and suggested acupuncture and physiotherapy for it. Acupuncture got rid of it almost, but it wasn't until each pregnancy that I saw relief. Unfortunately, it is back again even with this pregnancy.

You should look into acupuncture. Anti-inflammatories helped as well. That is all I can suggest. DO not bend at the waist, lift heavy objects or sit in hard chairs. Laying flat might help a lot.

I am sorry you had the experience of a hyst with no relief. They say hysts are the #1 surgery that is done when not needed in North America.