Endo Sufferers!

[Nicnac]

Hey Ladies,

Hope you all had a nice break over Easter.

Dink: Sorry you a had a rubbish one, my full sympathies. My trick is hot water bottle, ibuprofen and horlicks. As for cramps, my aches and pains start around O and continue on and off through till the wicked one shows her fat ugly warty face.

So, she's started this week...the odd gripe now and again, but when the witch shows, I'm doubled over, not knowing whether to rub my legs or my stomach and it goes on for 2 hours. Then stops and revisits the following day. How nice, and how regular!!!!

On a good note though, I've had my results from my CD3 bloods and they're fine. My FSH should be below 10 and mine's 5.5.

I'm CD12 today, O should be 15/16, and then yet another 2 weeks of waiting.

Hope you all have a lovely day

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[dinky]

nicnac im the same wen af comes! my pains are in the tops of my thighs, the bottom of my back and stomach cramps. i never know what to do! i always make sure ive got a hot water bottle, when i had my horrible af pains the other day i took 12 paracetamols but they didnt even take a little bit of pain away they are so crap! they just made me feel drowsy like id overdosed but i couldnt believe they didnt take the pain away when it says it deals with period pains on the back of the packet! i couldnt lie down because i had too keep my legs bent, i couldnt sit up because my back was achin, i couldnt lie on my side because the hot water bottle wouldnt be lying on my stomach so i was just writhering around in agony on the bed crying! anyway on a good note af is almost gone, thank goodness and im on cd 7 today so should be ovulating in around a week although im not sure exactly when ill ovulate because im not taking clomid this month, was only given 6 months worth and ive taken all them with no luck so this month its all natural. although i must say it is nice not having any hot flushes! are you taking any meds nicnac? wont be long now till you ovulate are you gearing up for LOL. i hate that part, it dont feel romantic anymore, just like im doing it because i need to!

 

[LadyBee]

So, I'm on a 30 day cycle....and I am on cd19, Nicnac, we're pretty close to being on the same pattern.
So do you ladies feel like you are doing well or does it seem to be getting worse? I know for me, it just seemed to get worse each cycle. What do you do to make it better??
Sweet Dinky.....what are "paracetamols" comparable to in the US?? 12 seems like a lot of anything.............!!!

 

[LadyBee]

What's going on Darlings?
I'm having some minor cramping. It's been 2 days of this. ODD!!

 

[dinky]

odd sounds good! anything abnormal can be seen as a positive thing. i know when people who arent really trying and not taking any symptoms in say that they didnt even realise till there period was a week or 2 late but us women who are desperately ttc notice even the slightest change but changes and differances are good! what sort of things are you experiancing? it wont be long now till im due to ovulate. what day is your af due? my hospital appointment is almost here! wish me luck! if i dont get chance to come on here again before my appt ill defo come on here afterwards and let you know how it went on. god im so excited lol. im not sure what the us version of paracetomal is but its just a painkiller. 12 is alot though but i dont care when im in that much pain i just want it all to stop! i should really be more careful but its differant at the time! my pains dont seem to be getting worse or better. some months are alot worse than others they seem to vary.

where are you nicnac?????

how are your cramps now meli tia?????

good luck for this month and lots of baby dust to us all!

 

[LadyBee]

GOOD LUCK DINKY, LUV! AF is due around the first of the month. The cramps aren't constant but they are still showing up here and there. Definately hoping it's something happening. When I had my 2nd chemical, I had this too, as well as the odd stings in my (.)(.)s. So I'm more concerned that I get pregnant but can't get it to stick around For sure, if it happens again, I'm going straight to my Dr. this time and have some tests done. THAT is a big step for me!! But I can't keep having that!!
I'm not symptom spotting really, because it doesn't matter unless it stays!!!!!!!
I wonder and sort of assume that you probably have cysts?! I am anxious to find out. Yes, please keep us posted!!

 

[wishn2Bmom]

Hello Ladies~ I haven't said much lately, but I've been lurking I just wanted to send you my love Dinky. Good luck, and keep us filled in.

 

[wishn2Bmom]

Well ladies, I am going in for a lap on May 20th!

 

[LadyBee]

Ok! Glad you've got it set! If you need any questions answered or info I can try to help out.
What's going on with everyone else? AF is due today and will be arriving promptly I do believe.

 

[dinky]

hello everybody im back! sorry its been a while but was having problems with the laptop. ive got my dates now and my pre op assessment is on 17th of june and the op is on the 29th of june. ages away i know!!!! wishn2bmom will you please let me know how yours goes? and good luck to you! meli tia, did your af show up? i hope not! mine should be due in around a weeks time. any day between this saturday coming and the saturday after!

 

[LadyBee]

Hey Dinky, I wondered where you went!
Yes, I'm CD8 now. But it's beyond amazing how great AF has been since I started my new stuff!
So, what's new...well, I've started a TTC journal. I don't know how helpful it is with TTC, but a few people kept asking when I would start one. And, well, that's about it... since I'm not preg...nothing else is really much different. I've been getting to the gym and that's helping my mental state, not that much can really HELP my mental state.
I'm looking forward to you each getting your surgeries out of the way and rolling on to your s!!!

 

[dinky]

hey ladies sorry ive been away for so long! but time was going so slowly waiting for my operation to come so i decided to stop obsessing over it and stop coming on this website............ anyways i had my lap on monday and i swear ill never have one done again! its the worst thing ive ever gone through! i didnt react too well to the stuff that makes you go to sleep and i ended up staying in hospital an extra night. its thursday now and im still suffering from seriously painful shoulder and chest pain! i lost alot of blood during the surgery and had that many painkillers i couldnt sit up without going dizzy. it was horrible. but they did find endometriosis and quite alot of it too. they found it on my right ovary, in my muscles around my womb and on the entrance to my womb. they got rid of what they could and split my organs and put them back where they should be and they ended up making 4 incisions on my stomach, it looks like a cross on my belly! but the surgeon said i have a much better chance on concieving and it was proberbly why i wasnt concieving, he prescribed me 4 months worth of clomid even though i cant have intercourse or use tampons or anything for 4 weeks! they made all my downstairs sore too i dont know what they did down there but i imagine they had to shove things up there to help remove stuff. so enough about me lol. how are you ladies???

 

[LadyBee]

Oh my goodness dinky! I am so sorry it was so rough honey!! Mine was really rough too, but I didn't want to scare you. I think it was the worst thing I've ever had to go through too.
I can't chat long because I am at work...but I will catch up better later. I'm on CD3 so that means what it means. *sigh*

 

[dinky]

its a bitch isnt it?! sorry about the language lol but this whole trying to concieve thing is really hard! why does it happen so easily for other people but for some who really really want it, its like a decade long emotional test? its wrong int it! whats your next step anyway? hopefully this is my last step lol it really was horrible! and it was the worst thing ive ever done if i need another one to remove more endo i dont think ill have it. have you had more than 1 done? x

 

[hope&faith09]

Hey ladies i have endo well doc thinks i have ... have been ttc for 8 months and awaiting laporoscomy ... can i join you?

hope x x x

 

[LadyBee]

Yes, Hope...please do. We've not been very busy on this thread but I know I'd love to see you join!

Dinky-I've had one surgery. And that will be the last unless my life depended on it. My next step?? I don't even know. I have decided to stop going crazy symptom spotting. I do it all the stinkin' time and it's just not helpful. A lot of PMS and Endo symptoms are the exact same as pregnancy symptoms right down to the hot flashes and diarrhea. Crude, I know. I have been trying almost 7 years (in August) and it's the same damn thing every month. I have only ever had one chemical pregancy to be sure of and I honestly don't think the problem lies with me soley.
So, I think we're going to do a SA in the next couple of months and meanwhile I'm just going to try to lose the extra 20-25 pounds I've put on in the last year and stay healthy as possible. I am going to talk to my health insurance next week and readjust it and find out if there's a plan that offers infertility treatments. I know I must be ovulating...and I've had u/s's to find that I seem to be. My tubes are clear and my cycles are regular. I just need a super sticky gorilla glued eggy to make itself at home.

 

[hope&faith09]

excellent thanks for your support i have had or know i have had the condition for a while now ... but never found any sort of support or anyone to discuss it with as everyone thinks im a drama queen and to get over it.

 

[LadyBee]

No drama queens here, we know how rough it is. People have no clue everything that is involved when you have endo...it screws everything up!

 

[dinky]

meli tia do you use opk's? i do and they say im ovulating but still ive been trying almost 7 years also and i havent concieved once! what exactly is a chemical pregnancy? ill never have a lap done again either unless i really really had to. worst experiance of my life!!!!!

hey hope&faith! welcome to this thread! we do understand what your going through and it is so hard to cope with but this website does make it so much easier!

 

[hope&faith09]

Hi Dinky,

I have a gyne appointment today and expecting doc to suggest a laporoscomy ... have you had this and what was your experience?

Hope