Endometriosis Support Group
Endometriosis is a common medical condition where the tissue lining the uterus is found outside of the uterus, typically affecting other organs in the pelvis. The condition can lead to serious health problems, primarily pain and infertility. A major symptom of endometriosis is pain, mostly in the lower abdomen, lower back, and pelvic area.
i dont know what to do anymore well first off my name is Meagan I am 22 years old. My periods started being all out of whack after my appendectomy in June 07. I was having 6 periods a month. all very heavy. so i switched birth control pills well those made me very sick so my ex- dr said i should have an IUD placed. well 2 days later i was running a very high temp and was in so much pain. i had it removed. about a week later i was in the hospital again for pelvic inflammitory disease. my pain from any of this has never gone away. its been 3 months now since the IUD alreadt my hubby and i are at odds, my family thinks im faking since my laprascopy looked great. they didnt see anything. but he said it could be small or somewhere they didnt look. Im debating whether or not to call him tomorrow. my hubby and i tried to have intercourse and lately the pain has gotten better but when we tried it was like the end of the world i was in just so much pain. it was like someone was stabbig me. I feel like I cannot keep doing this. Ive been to 4 drs. Im so scard to tell the dr who did my surgery that i am still having severe pain. I should also mention ive been on some pretty big narcotic pain meds for the past three months. have pretty much stopped taking them too. now for 3 weeks almost 4. Im just scared to tell him because everyone says it is in my head. My heart thinks otherwise. I know im not feeling right. my periods have never been so heavy or painful. sex has never hurt before this much. i get tired doing the simplest of things and i am constantly in pain. lately it has been more of a sore feeling crampy kinda but since the "incident" this morning I hurt very badly like something is ripping through me. it is in my back and hips and pelvic area. i have a bump which is raised and bruised between my pelvis and hip kinda in the middle there i know its not a gland or lymph node but it hurts a lot and the pain just radiates. When it hurts like that I get light headed and dizzy. I dont know if anyone else has had this.. I dont want to tell my hubby or show him either. he gets so mad at me this morning he got me a tylonol sighed and said i thought we were over this honey. Im just so depressed by all of this. I dont know what to do. has anyone ever been through this? My hubby is a medic so he worries about me period but this is really tearing us apart.
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The more I hear about IUDs the more wary I am of them. Perhaps discussing other methods besides birth control to deal with the pain might be important, although I don't know what.
Your husband is not being helpful, especially if you are truly in pain all the time. I would suggest to him to try having surgery and see how 'fun it is' ...
So far i have had 4 doctors. 5 er visits. the last er visit i was in such pain but they turned me away even though i was running a 101 temp and in a ton of pain. they told me this is no longer an emergency and i just wanted pain medication. i despise pain medication. i only weigh like 87 pounds so it makes me horribly ill to take them.