My debilitating endometriosis symptoms – Kate ’ s story

Hi, I’m Kate, 39, married with no children. I had always suffered from heavy and painful periods but this had mostly been managed by taking the combined pill. My periods remained heavy and I suffered from some flooding but this was manageable with planning! Approximately 7 years ago my periods became worse and I started to experience more symptoms such as regular and frequent abdominal pain, random bleeding, bloating, very painful intercourse and things just didn’t feel right. Anyway, I went to the Dr’s who straight away suggested that it sounded like I had endometriosis and referred me to a consultant. After initial investigations such as scans, I was booked in for a laparoscopy. The results of which were that I did indeed have endometriosis and a number of adhesion’s were removed. I was signed off from work for 2 weeks and got back to life, back on the combined pill adhesion’s and things seemed to be resolved. I got married in September 2013 and in October 2015 we decided to try for a baby so I came off the pill. I’d been told that it may be difficult to conceive due to the endometriosis but I was fit and healthy so all signs were good. However after 4 months of the endometriosis symptoms re-emerging and lots of conversations we decided that having children wasn’t really for us (I can assure you that the endometriosis symptoms weren’t just the cause of this) so I went back on the pill. Unfortunately, the endometriosis symptom...
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