Appointment soon - what to do?

[Linaniabi]

Hi everyone!

I had a c-section almost 3 years ago. Before the c-section, I had painful periods and rare pain during intercourse, though I did have difficulty getting pregnant and ended up needing fertility drugs and an IUI to get pregnant. I'm currently 24. After my c-section, sex was painful, though not overly so, but as time went on, it got worse. So, I went to my GYN when my twins were a little over a year and told her my symptoms (painful sex and painful periods). She told me she thought I had endometriosis and that I should go on BCP, which I did. Surprisingly, it helped me. However, after a few months, the pain started to come back. I was discouraged thinking that it wasn't endo because the BCP didn't help, so I just decided to deal with the pain. Over the last year and a half since seeing the Dr, the pain pretty much stayed the same. My sex life greatly suffered and being on my period was horrible, but I dealt with it. However, over the last few months, it has gotten much worse. What used to hurt only during sex (once ever 2-3 weeks because I'm terrified to do it), has started hurting after too. It will be a dull aching pain for a few hours afterwards. Also, I had sex twice in a week recently and had pain for a couple of days after the second time. Now, a week before my period, I get dull aching pain until it starts. Once it starts, I get really bloated and have severe pain.. Putting in a tampon hurts, peeing hurts, standing up sometimes leaves me doubled over due to the pain - and this is with taking pain medicine. I just can't deal with the pain anymore. I have an appointment scheduled next week with my GYN and I want to know what I should do? My husband really wanted me to get a second opinion because he felt that BCP wasn't the answer. He wants me to insist on a lap so I can get definitive answers. Pretty much, the doctor before told me that lap is not used unless absolutely necessary and my only option was BCP or meds to put me into temporary menopause (one of the reasons I just dealt with the pain after the BCP stopped working). Part of me is afraid that if I insist on the lap and it doesn't show endo, my doc won't take me seriously. She is super sweet and has taken care of me since my pregnancy, but I guess I'm just paranoid it's something normal and I'm making an issue out of nothing. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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[ipurr2]

I agree with your husband and I would find a new dr. one that is actually an endometriosis specialist...because they will go in and do the laproscopy as well as excise (cut out) the endometriosis in one surgery so you don't end up with multiple surgeries...the bc pill and the temporary menopause drugs are nothing more then a band-aid and as you've seen the pill will quit working and the hormone suppression drugs often come with lifetime side effects that only make things worse...the only way to deal with endometriosis is to cut it out and the only dr. who should do this is an endometriosis excision specialist because they have specialized training in this disease where a gyn spends 15 min in medical school on this disease so just like you wouldn't let your primary Dr. treat you if you were diagnosed with cancer you should not let your gyn deal with endometriosis they are not well trained! Please go to these sites to learn accurate medical research on this disease.
http://endopaedia.info/
for accurate medical research and information.

https://www.************/groups/418136991574617/
Nancy's Nook on Facebook...for accurate information...endometriosis specialist list. and women dealing with the disease for support.

Please don't let your gyn dismiss you...see the specialists...they will review your records for free most of the time...
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