- realized i'm not fat, i just have endo belly lol
I get extreme uncomfortable bloating mostly whenever I eat, and I thought it's just because I need to lose more weight. When I took these side by side photos, I realized I just have endo belly. I...
206 points23 comments14 h ago
- Excision over! Cancer found...
And not even a related cancer, a complete incidental find of a neuroendocrine tumor in my appendix. The appendectomy was done due to endo on the appendix. And so much endo was excised, on top of...
199 points15 comments3 d ago
- Endometriosis really does suck the life out of you
Before surgery, my energy levels were super low, sleep didn’t help with constant fatigue, and I couldn’t get through a 30 minute exercise routine without feeling exhausted afterwards. Post surgery...
118 points28 comments3 d ago
- I wish that every doctor who treated one of us poorly accidentally walk on Legos once a day, everyday until they fix their attitude towards us.
I’m so frustrated today… I wanted to vent but I can’t even write something coherent because there is too much to say…. So instead I will just be angry and bitter about it.
109 points13 comments2 d ago
- Only prescribed 5 oxycodone after a 4 hour surgery, 5 lap sites, appendix removed, ureters damaged and needed to be unstuck, tons of Endo removed from bowel and multiple endometriomas removed. Is this normal?
Last time I got a lap at a different hospital it was way less invasive and I got sent with 20 Hydrocodone , I was truly surprised how little pain meds I was given this time. I’m postop day one and...
101 points131 comments2 d ago
- Life hack! Old crown royal bags with some rice make excellent heating pads!
Been struggling a lot lately with pain and couldn't for the life of me find my heating pads, but I could find some old crown royal bags and rice. Alcohol has once again proven to be a great pain...
98 points1 comment3 d ago
- Endo belly on fat bodies!
I’m still in the middle of my diagnostic journey. My surgeon told me I didn’t have endo after my laparoscopy but I believe I may have microscopic endo. Biopsies were not taken. I have quite...
82 points12 comments4 h ago
- 4 months post laparoscopy
I had my laparoscopy about 4 months ago for suspected endometriosis.Though they did not find endometriosis they did find that my bowel was fused to my uterus by scar tissue and a cyst on my...
81 points33 comments5 d ago
- Is endometriosis comparable to food poisoning?
Yesterday, there was a debate in Westminster Hall about the potential merits of adding gynaecological conditions to the Equality Act 2010. I’m really pleased to see conditions like endometriosis...
70 points49 comments5 d ago
- They found it but I'm disappointed?
They found it in my pouch of Douglas and removed it. There wasn't much, about 5cm, and that's the only place it was. Is it wrong that I'm disappointed? They didn't find any on my uterosacral...
40 points21 comments5 d ago