Hello, this is my first post here, I'll try to tell my story as short as possible. I'm in my early 30s and never suspected of having endo. I always had a lot of period cramps (it could be solved with a 600/800mg of ibuprofen, so maybe not that strong?) and for the last few years, I had some dull pain during intercourse, which I had reported to doctors but was always attributed to lubrication issues. Also, when I was younger for a few months I would have cramps during heavy cardio but that went away by itself and I completely forgot about it. As I got older also started having back pain around my period time, tiredness, brain fog, weakness in the legs, and mood swings (so much that my husband can actually track my period by it). Also, I don't use any hormonal birth control because pills had made me kinda depressed in the past.
Well, some months ago my period started getting really heavy. At first, I thought it was because I started with ADHD medication (recently diagnosed), but no doctor or internet source confirmed that. 2 months ago things got REALLY intense to the point I ruined 2 pairs of pants on the same day, which is when I decided to book an OB-GYN visit. Before the appointment could happen, I also started having light bleeding pretty much every day and freaked out because the first thing I thought about was cancer. Once I got to see the doctor I did the pap smear and ultrasound - nothing showed up. The doctor asked me for full blood work and TSH, estradiol, and progesterone are normal, but the doctor insists it's a hormonal imbalance issue, even though I reported most of the symptoms above (it's a new doctor and also I was nervous and could not remember all the symptoms at the consultation). She said that in any case, the first line of treatment is hormonal birth control (I have started using Evra - hopefully no depressed moods this time) and that the only way to confirm if it's endo or not would be a laparoscopy.
From what I've read, laparoscopies are no joke and besides, I would need to take some time off of work for it. On the other hand, I'm a Hodgkin lymphoma survivor (10+ years free), which makes me terrified of having cancer (again). At this point is it worth doing a laparoscopy?
Hello, this is my first post here, I'll try to tell my story as short as possible. I'm in my early 30s and never suspected of having endo. I always had a lot of period cramps (it could be solved with a 600/800mg of ibuprofen, so maybe not that strong?) and for the last few years, I had some dull pain during intercourse, which I had reported to doctors but was always attributed to lubrication issues. Also, when I was younger for a few months I would have cramps during heavy cardio but that went away by itself and I completely forgot about it. As I got older also started having back pain around my period time, tiredness, brain fog, weakness in the legs, and mood swings (so much that my husband can actually track my period by it). Also, I don't use any hormonal birth control because pills had made me kinda depressed in the past.Well, some months ago my period started getting really heavy. At first, I thought it was because I started with ADHD medication (recently diagnosed), but no doctor or internet source confirmed that. 2 months ago things got REALLY intense to the point I ruined 2 pairs of pants on the same day, which is when I decided to book an OB-GYN visit. Before the appointment could happen, I also started having light bleeding pretty much every day and freaked out because the first thing I thought about was cancer. Once I got to see the doctor I did the pap smear and ultrasound - nothing showed up. The doctor asked me for full blood work and TSH, estradiol, and progesterone are normal, but the doctor insists it's a hormonal imbalance issue, even though I reported most of the symptoms above (it's a new doctor and also I was nervous and could not remember all the symptoms at the consultation). She said that in any case, the first line of treatment is hormonal birth control (I have started using Evra - hopefully no depressed moods this time) and that the only way to confirm if it's endo or not would be a laparoscopy.From what I've read, laparoscopies are no joke and besides, I would need to take some time off of work for it. On the other hand, I'm a Hodgkin lymphoma survivor (10+ years free), which makes me terrified of having cancer (again). At this point is it worth doing a laparoscopy? https://ift.tt/8lwTHBU https://ift.tt/7zUr4eF
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