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I am eighteen and concerned I may have endometriosis. I have had extremely irregular periods since menarche, so for six years. I have never had my period two consecutive months and it is usually heavy. Sometimes it is extremely heavy. I always experience very severe cramping and ibuproufe, etc., never helps. I also get very bad diarrhea for the first day or two. I usually have to stay home for the first day or two because the pain, diarrhea, and bleeding combined make it very, very difficult or impossible to function. Lastly I experience extreme and debilitating pelvic pain. It happens very sporadically so I'm always afraid of when it might happen.
So now that I've completely given awkward TMI, could I have everyone's personal opinion? I'm terrified of going to the gynecologist and equally terrified of talking to people about this, especially my family.
So now that I've completely given awkward TMI, could I have everyone's personal opinion? I'm terrified of going to the gynecologist and equally terrified of talking to people about this, especially my family.
If you need any further help I am always here.
Not sure if you know but not everyone with endometiosis is infertile. They might have been lucky. I was stage IV and conceived naturally. I know women with stage I that are infertile. Everyone is different not to mention some women think it's normal to have bad period pains so they never get treated so it's possible it was just never talked about just like you are afraid to talk to them maybe they were too and just kept silent.
Not sure if that made any sense of if I was rambling on
Not sure if you know but not everyone with endometiosis is infertile. They might have been lucky. I was stage IV and conceived naturally. I know women with stage I that are infertile. Everyone is different not to mention some women think it's normal to have bad period pains so they never get treated so it's possible it was just never talked about just like you are afraid to talk to them maybe they were too and just kept silent.
Not sure if that made any sense of if I was rambling on
Thank you for the response. I'm not sure yet what my options are for local doctors. Since I'll be moving out soon I'm considering waiting till then and going to the doctor myself. I don't think any family members have endometriosis because all of the women in my family are super fertile, they all get pregnant ridiculously easy. I'm pretty sure they all have pure gold uteruses. I'll definitely take it into consideration and try to work up my courage though.
Anyways, thank you very much. I appreciate the advice and sort of knowing what to do once I start taking action.
Anyways, thank you very much. I appreciate the advice and sort of knowing what to do once I start taking action.
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From what it sounds like it could be endometriosis. The bowel part sticks out for me the most as that was similar to me.
When it comes to endometriosis talking to a gynaecologist is what you want to do. I know it seems scary but they specialize in problems such as this.
What usually happens with symptoms like yours they will send you for an ultrasound to see of you have any cysts. Also a colonoscopy might be done because of your bowel issues but most likely it will come out negative as it's not too common for it to go right through the bowel but enough to cause problems and pain. Once that is done or during the gyno might suggest taking the birth control pill every day continuously to see if that helps with the pain. Everyone reacts differently to it so it may or may not help.
Lastly the golden standard of treatment and diagnoses is minimally invasive laparoscopy. If this would be your next step please make sure you find the best of the best in your area not just a regular gyno as they may miss some endo or they don't have the skill to excise the disease which is the most important when dealing with endo because it gets to the root of the disease unlike laser which gets the surface.
I think that you should talk to at least your mom and see if anyone in your family has endometiosis.
From what it sounds like it could be endometriosis. The bowel part sticks out for me the most as that was similar to me.
When it comes to endometriosis talking to a gynaecologist is what you want to do. I know it seems scary but they specialize in problems such as this.
What usually happens with symptoms like yours they will send you for an ultrasound to see of you have any cysts. Also a colonoscopy might be done because of your bowel issues but most likely it will come out negative as it's not too common for it to go right through the bowel but enough to cause problems and pain. Once that is done or during the gyno might suggest taking the birth control pill every day continuously to see if that helps with the pain. Everyone reacts differently to it so it may or may not help.
Lastly the golden standard of treatment and diagnoses is minimally invasive laparoscopy. If this would be your next step please make sure you find the best of the best in your area not just a regular gyno as they may miss some endo or they don't have the skill to excise the disease which is the most important when dealing with endo because it gets to the root of the disease unlike laser which gets the surface.
I think that you should talk to at least your mom and see if anyone in your family has endometiosis.
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