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Can Endo Be Missed?
Hi all,
I apologise in advance if this is long and if there are some spelling and grammatical mistakes. I'm lying in bed right now feeling horrible so I'm typing on my phone!
Okay, so basically I wanted to know if endo can be missed in a lap.
I have had lower back pain and pelvic pain since August, 2005. I started getting frequent UTIs around this time also. This went on for about two years until the UTIs disappeared but I was left with all the typical symptoms. I had always had painful periods, although mine had started off fine when I was 12. At about 15, the pain started up. Anyway, after all the bouts of infections, I started having intermediate bleeding. Even though I had a lot of bladder issues, they suspected something gnaelogically wrong. I went in for a lap in Jan, 2008. There was nothing found expect a follicular cyst. No endo. It was until October of that year that I was diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis.
However, my period pain has stayed shocking. I have been on the pill since late 2007 for the pain, although it's never truly helped for more then a few months and it's time to swap again. Strong pain killers don't even take the edge off. I also get pain in my legs about a week before I'm due. I also get nausea and general maliase and light-headedness. This month, my doc switched me to microgynon 50 because I am spotting for a few days and my period stops and starts. I was previously on Yasmin.
Sorry if this is all over the place! I'm close to tears with frustration and pain and I really need help. It hurts to stand and walk. My doc wants me to stay on the micro for 3 months to see if it will work but I've been like this for about 5 years and I don't think I can take even a few more months of it. I've always had this sinking suspicion that my gyno missed endo when he did my lap. I was only young at the time and I remember him being very adverse to giving me the procedure. I'm worried that there is endo around my bladder which is making my Interstitial Cystitis worse ........
Please .... Any thoughts or words will be so appreciated .... I just want to know what's wrong with me .......
I apologise in advance if this is long and if there are some spelling and grammatical mistakes. I'm lying in bed right now feeling horrible so I'm typing on my phone!
Okay, so basically I wanted to know if endo can be missed in a lap.
I have had lower back pain and pelvic pain since August, 2005. I started getting frequent UTIs around this time also. This went on for about two years until the UTIs disappeared but I was left with all the typical symptoms. I had always had painful periods, although mine had started off fine when I was 12. At about 15, the pain started up. Anyway, after all the bouts of infections, I started having intermediate bleeding. Even though I had a lot of bladder issues, they suspected something gnaelogically wrong. I went in for a lap in Jan, 2008. There was nothing found expect a follicular cyst. No endo. It was until October of that year that I was diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis.
However, my period pain has stayed shocking. I have been on the pill since late 2007 for the pain, although it's never truly helped for more then a few months and it's time to swap again. Strong pain killers don't even take the edge off. I also get pain in my legs about a week before I'm due. I also get nausea and general maliase and light-headedness. This month, my doc switched me to microgynon 50 because I am spotting for a few days and my period stops and starts. I was previously on Yasmin.
Sorry if this is all over the place! I'm close to tears with frustration and pain and I really need help. It hurts to stand and walk. My doc wants me to stay on the micro for 3 months to see if it will work but I've been like this for about 5 years and I don't think I can take even a few more months of it. I've always had this sinking suspicion that my gyno missed endo when he did my lap. I was only young at the time and I remember him being very adverse to giving me the procedure. I'm worried that there is endo around my bladder which is making my Interstitial Cystitis worse ........
Please .... Any thoughts or words will be so appreciated .... I just want to know what's wrong with me .......
Yes it can be. You will want to make sure that you are using a specialist, because they know what to look for. If you are still in pain something is not right. I would do a little searching to see if you can find a specialist near you.
P.S. This is actually the first time I have ever posted my concerns about this. I've had this worry in the back of my mind for so long ... I've always put my pain down to my bladder condition, Interstitial Cystitis but I can tell this pain is different ... I'm not sure what I should do ... I'm starting to think it's all in my head and women are supposed to have painful periods and weird symptoms for a week prior ... But most ladies I've spoken to can pop a panadol and drink a hot cup of tea and they're right for the rest of the week! I have to take a handful of pills a day and I'm STILL in pain! Is this normal?!
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