Pre-diagnosed, heavily suspect endometriosis, want to ask real people about symptoms

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Hi everyone. I'll try to keep this as succinct as possible.

Last March I was having fairly "enthusiastic" intercourse with my then-boyfriend (sorry to spring that on you first thing) and during a particularly rough thrust, I felt (heard?) something inside me, in my lower abdomen, literally pop. After a few more minutes, I was in so much pain that I had to stop. It was a cramping, dull-ish stabbing between right below my belly button and my groin. right side
It took me about a week to recover and not have any more pain during intercourse (as an aside, we tried to have sex again a couple days later and I think that exacerbated it.)

Over the next couple of weeks the pain became so intense I absolutely thought I was going to die. I ended up having appendicitis and being rushed in for laparoscopic surgery (where they also found diverticulosis, but mentioned nothing else.) I expected the pain to subside, but it did not.

Since that day the pain has been more or less constant, at varying levels. Sometimes it would just appear, seemingly out of nowhere, and stay for however long it would like. It always felt (confusingly, to me) the same kinds of way: dull, achy, stabby, like terrible period cramps. I've missed work over the pain more than once, among other commitments and anything involving leaving my bed. I work in a grocery store, lifting 50 lb boxes all day long, bending right in this area which can really feel damaging.

This past Saturday night I was having pretty intense intercourse with my boyfriend, and minus the popping sensation, the same thing as last time happened. It hasn't felt that terrible and debilitating since the first time it happened. I spent the entire evening and entire next day in bed. Since then, I've been experimenting with some different helpful hints for endo., including
cutting back on breads and gluten, stress reduction (I am naturally the stress-y type,) cutting my sugar intake and caffeine.

I have a very regular and fairly pleasant menstruation cycle, no spotting, no bloating, and I rarely have headaches or bowel movement troubles.
What I have noticed is I urinate frequently, sometimes it can be painful (like something is stabbing OUT of my urethra,) chronic lower back pain, and sometimes completely random onset of nausea.

I have regular gyno visits and had an ultrasound last year, and nothing was notable besides a "harmless" cyst on my left ovary.
painful pee

I would like to ask anybody reading this if
-Most curiously, did you experienced the onset of your pain or any symptoms in a sudden way such as mine?
-You experienced any loss of appetite NOT associated with nausea?
-Nerve or joint sensitivity includes- for you- discomfort just grabbing and gripping something (such as a 50 lb. box.)
-Reducing caffeine helped relieve/didn't help relieve your symptoms (pain, most notably.) (Coffee addict asking.)
-Is Endometriosis always visible during laparoscopic surgery (or since mine was an appendectomy, would it have even been noticed?)

I'm headed to my gynecologist for a check-up this coming Monday. *Any* other information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my story.

-Desperate girl