My Endometriosis Hell – Dawn ’ s Hysterectomy Story

Hi. I am 45 years old, suffered dreadful periods since I was a teenager, heavy bleeding migraines, severe pain. Kept going backwards and forwards to my GP, no avail….. I fell pregnant at 22, had an OK pregnancy, not long after giving birth the symptoms all came back. Within 2 years I was trying for a 2nd child but nothing happened. I was living in agony with back, lower abdomen, stomach pains all the time, my stomach would blow up so big I had to live in jogging bottoms, it hurt to sit walk or do anything . I was so tired depressed, never slept at night as it was so bad, I would sit up every night crying in pain. I went to through all the doctors in the surgery, had all sorts of things said like you are over weight go on a diet, its IBS. After 2 yrs. I took my husband with me to the docs, demanded a referral to hospital to gynae. She was very reluctant but did give me a sealed letter to take down to hospital. I got my appointment quickly, I opened the letter before I went, I was furious what she had written, a few words I was a time waster and had got IBS……… On the appointment I gave him the letter, his face was a picture, after examination he said you have severe endometriosis. I hadn’t got a clue what that was. After a scan etc. it revealed a very large, chocolate cyst sized like a large grapefruit. I had the surgery to remove it but had to lose 1 ovary too. They said it was bad and they lazered a lot of it away but it may return. I was so mad ...
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