Melissa - I can't imagine the pain you are in most of the time with endometriosis as well as back pain; I'm not sure I could live with that combination. How on earth do you manage to work and do cat rescue in spite of all that?! I sincerely hope you can find a doctor who cares, and who knows what she/he is doing.

We have to remember that doctors are simply people, although they don't like being told that. I remember being sent to a head and neck surgeon because I was having a strangling feeling across the front of my throat all the time, no idea why they decided on that kind of specialist. Anyway, he became convinced it was my thyroid in spite of multiple tests weeks apart telling anyone with enough little grey cells that it wasn't. At my last appointment (years ago) he said I needed to swallow some radioactive stuff that would show that I had hyperthyroidism. I looked at him in disbelief and asked why I'd swallow something radioactive to show that I didn't have something we already knew I didn't have! He looked at me paternally (although he was a bit younger than me) and said "Don't you trust me, Lizzie?" I said "No, why should I?", and I'll never forget the expression on his face.

I have a horrible way of dealing with late doctors, or vets, if I believe they are just wasting time. I walk out of the room and into the waiting area where I pace up and down. When the reception people complain I tell them that I can't bear to be confined in a small space. I was kept waiting an hour in the reception area once with a form they had told me to fill out. By the time they showed me into a room I'd folded the paper so many times out of irritation and boredom, they could hardly open it out to read. You are far more patient than I.

Lots of good luck vibes being sent your way.