Originally posted by popcornbird
Luckies4me, what's endometriosis ?

What is it? It's hell!!!!!! It's what made me take forever to get pregnant and then lose a child! It's what makes me have to go through unncessary pain everytime I am on my period because you literally bleed into your gut! And every time you ovulate or menustrate you get more and more scar tissue. It can make you steril and unable to have kids.

Dylan was a blessing!!!

The only cure for it is to have a hyserectomy or menopause (when you stop getting periods) and I want to have another child so a hysterectomy is NOT an option! I will be getting a much needed surgery soon (was supposed to be in September but things happened) that could help my pain and also up my chances of ever concieving another child.

In rare cases the scar tissue can actually spred to the lungs! They can treat it with the birth control pill but I also do not like adding any weird stuff into my body so I chose to not have that also. I take vicadin everyday and it helps, however sometimes even Morphine doesn't take the pain away.........and well in my opinion morphine is a LOWSY pain killer! It does nothing besides make you feel like someone has laid a ton of bricks on your body! So after the surgery and scar tissue is removed I should hopefully feel a lot better, and I can't wait!

It will be the first surgery I have had since I was 2 months old!! And of course, I don't remember that one, lol. I have been under but the thought of getting a tube inserted into your abdomen just freaks me out!