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Endo questions and concernsFrom: Kim (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed May 31 11:53:16 2006
Hi, I joined this forum a couple weeks ago, and since then i've found a lot of helpful information from those of you on here. but this forum has also opened some new questions for me. i'm 23 years old, and i was diagnosed with endometriosis about 9 months ago. i'd been avoiding surgery because it's something i hoped i'd never have to do, but the pain is so bad and all encompassing at this point that i've finally scheduled my surgery for july. at first i was really scared, then i started to come to terms with it, but now i'm really scared again after reading about some of the really unfortunate things that have happened to people. My questions are, what is stage 4 endometriosis, and how do you know you have it? could someone have endometriosis for years and only "feel" it when it gets really bad? if my organs were somehow fused together from endo, would it have shown up on my ultrasound? also, has anyone experience significant and longterm pain relief from surgery and/or treatment? my mother had endo in her late 30s, and only had surgery once before going into menopause (around 39 i believe. i hope i'm as lucky/luckier). she didn't seem to suffer much at all from endo before or after her surgery though, but mine is very painful and affects my entire body. she had kids at my age though, and had 3 total so i'm thinking this was delaying her pain. i don't plan on ever having children, so is endo pain something i should resign myself to living with forever? Any helpful info/advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
-- Kim
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