I never got better from my first lap, I got worse very quickly...which dissapointed me alot!

after my first one things got worse. I had so much endo they must of missed some b/c I ended up having another one 7 months later to remove more. In between they tried me on Lupron but did not help much and the side effects were awful and not worth it for me to continue.
I am learning to deal with the pain through pain meds, diet, and exercise. I tried to ignore it as much as possible.
Best wishes to you. If you want to learn more about the diet let me know.

That is what is happening to me had stage 4 endo did Lap, felt b etter for a week and now it's just as bad starts within 30 minutes till bomb then are pretty constant through the day. Me too I wonder did you miss something or coudl it be cance.

I felt better for about 6 months after my first lap, but the second made me worse. I had excision in June, and I still have pain, but it is not as bad as before.

I have stage IV endo and I got pregnant 2 months after my first lap. During those two months, I felt much better than I had been before - although not entirely better.

I seems like I'm not the only one with pain after 1st lap, but what are you guys doing or what do your doc's say the next step is. Do we just have to live with the pain?

Thank you ladies! I think I was expecting to have a few months of relieve. I mean you go through the aftermath of the surgery and that was awful!!! I am not on any meds right now because my husband and I are ttc. We have been ttc for over a year and a half. FINGERS CROSSED. Dr. Blacker told me that she had to leave some of the endo implants on the outside of my uterus because she didn't want to do more harm then good. She was worried about scaring my uterus to the point where I would not be able to have children. My left ovary is completely shot... after she took the endo off it was not ever recognizable. :( I still have my right one though.

Thank you for your feed back.... I guess I just dont understand why they push people with endo to have surgery... if there not trying to conceive. If it doesn't help the pain then why go through it?

HUGS TO YOU ALL~

Some women do have some relief, at least for a while. After my first one, I was pain free for 6 months. I wasn't so lucky after the second one though. I won't have any more lasers done.

not sure if I will have pain yet. I just had my first lap.
I hope to have pain relief for awhile , but we shall see.
Hugs to all you ladies !

After my first lap I had no change in my pain for my next 2-3 cycles but then it did get better. Although it lasted less than a year before the pain came back. I have noticed the results do not last as long with each lap, last March I had my 4th and had very minor relief-but everyone is different, I hope you get some relief soon!

I'm going in for #3 in less then a year in Jan, I've had laser and excision, I actually had a fairly decent month the first month after excision! However I don't have hormonal treatments left, he is going in now to see what it is doing after excision, to see how I react to it.

A few people have asked that, why do it so much if it never helps, because you always hope it does. It's the same with medication, why go through 10 different BC pills if 1 didn't work? Why try Lupron or Depo Provera if one didn't work? Why try, anything that needs inserting if 1 didn't work? You always try and hope.

Also my doctor is worried about me and my endo growth rate and evidently my future (which is nice of him).

Chloem - there is only so much they can do, and once they've tried EVERYTHING, then yes, it's like any chronic illness you have to find a comfterble way to live. Im at that point, I am trying hard to be able to hold out and try PT and maybe some more natural approaches in the new year after surgery atleast untill we can have kids. I know eventually he will tell me my last option is a hysterectomy (medically). It's hard, but we've got each other, for advice and support. I think MommyM8 put it well once, it's not giving up, it's acceptance!

*hugs to all*

Do they have you on fertility drugs to help you get pregnant? I ask because I had relief after my first lap for about 6 months but none after my 2nd and my doc said it most likely had to do with all the fertility meds I was taking.

Thanks taters90 I am doing the orthro evra patch know and we have talked about depo but I have been told theres a possibility i would be wearing a pad daily b.c the side effect of break through bleeding. What do you think of the Depo. They don't want to do Lupron because I have a history of depression and felt may really screw up my moods. What have they told you about it being or turning into cancer and when should you start to become concerned it may have turned into cancer even though it is rare.

For me Depo was awful. It made me bleed for 9 months straight, my moods were crazy, and I gained about 50 pounds that I just can't seem to lose.

I got relief from first lap, about 6 mths.