Sorry to hear you aren't feeling well. It took me almost 2 months to feel relatively normal after my lapo. Then it was just an up and down journey until my depo started working properly. Now that I'm not menstruating as frequently if at all my pain has lessened but I also had to leave my job because of the stress I was under which caused multiple flare ups which were just awful. I can only speak from my experience but once I cut out my major stressor, my job, my pain became manageable. I had a very bad year in between all of this though where I felt almost as bad as I did before my surgery but the pain subsided eventually. Have you spoken to your doctor?

Thanks so much for your reply. I have an endo specialist that is out of town, I called Friday and left a message. I also have an OBGYN in town who I see who helps me here. I'm going to call and set up an appointment on Monday. My job is also very stressful and demanding, some days the pain gets so bad I just come home and go to bed. I was really hoping to get at least one good year after my last lap.

That is good you're going to talk to your doctor, hopefully you can get your pain and other symptoms under control to extend your relief from surgery...Personally my last lap gave me great relief for a year almost exactly but then my symptoms returned rather quickly unfortunately. To be fair though I was unable to follow my post-op plan (mirena IUD) that might have slowed its return.

I definitely think stress aggravates anything inflammatory, endo included so anything you can do to ease your stress load would be good...sometimes just taking a little time for yourself to relax can make a small difference. Wishing you the best.

I had some relief as far as intense pain and pressure goes, but I have never been pain free completely. The annoying pressure on my bladder and left ovary was relieved, but overall abdominal pain remains constant and I even have a new pain source at one of the incision sites. Makes me not want to ever have surgery again.