Hi friends :wave: ,

Most of you here know that I have a ton of medical stuff. I mean, my doctors had to open a new library to store my medical records......LOL... :rolleyes:

Anyway, I've been having a hard time with my endometriosis...or whatever it is...it still isn't positively diagnosed. But it has been hurting like heck. I've been taking fast-acting Naproxen Sodium...and Tylenol...and it just won't touch it. My hips hurt, my stomach hurts, and I just have a general feeling of yuckiness.

On top of this, I've just been having a really hard time in general. Flashbacks, night terrors, failing relationships, and lack of sleep are just the tip of the iceberg in my life right now. I just could use some support in this time.

Thanks friends,

-Angel :angel:

Angel, i too have physical pain as i have double scoliosis which causes me great distress and pain and restricts me from doing a number of everyday things at the tender age of just 17!
Ive been in this situation for three years now with hundreds of different types of meds being pumped into my system, mainly to no avail.I now take 15 pills a day and the meds hardly touch the surface of the pain.
Im so fed up with this pain and no help from the medical profession that i slumped into depression a year ago.I take Ad's and see a pyschiatrist.This physical pain contributes greatly to my mental pain and a year on into my diagnosed clinical depression, i didnt see a light at the end of tunnel.
However my meds are beginning to work for me now after all this time, and recently a close friend of mine who has helped me out in recent times when i have been so low, has asked to be more in my life and we are now in a relationship.With this added support from someone who truly cares about me, i feel a purpose to life and feel like i should fight this.
I have fallen down on numerous occasions but with my friends support i have been able to pick myself up and dust myself off.
All i can say is hang in there.If there is any family member of dear friend you can talk to, relase all your pent up emotions on to them which will certainly make you feel alot better.Talking might help put the pain into perspective and help you realise there is hope.
I wish you all the luck and take care.
Holly

Hi (((((((((DarkAngeL)))))))))) :wave:

How long has this been going on? I had endometriosis too for years and no OTC medication could even touch the pain. I would be in constant pain except for three days or so each month. My GYN was a male and he had no clue! I'm sure he thought I was just another out of control overly emotional woman. After I had a laparoscopy (sp?) and was actually diagnosed with endometriosis, he had the nerve to tell me that I if I was done having children, I should have a complete hysterectomy as that was the only cure. I had a two year old and I was only thirty one! I left his office and never returned. I finally found a women specialist GYN, and she prescribed (can't remember the name now). Anyway, I was on it four about six months. It stopped the cycle and gave my body a chance to rid itself of the abnormal growths. There were some side affects. I became extremely emotional and gained about twenty pounds which I have never been able to get rid of. We had planned to have more children and the drug could not be used for a long time anyway so that's why I was not on the drug for a longer period of time. This was some time ago so there are probably better methods today to deal with the pain and treatment of endometriosis.
If your doctor cannot help you, find someone who can. I know the pain is real and extreme, and it also probably caused my depression to deepen.
I just wanted you to know there is hope and don't give up until you find someone who knows what you are going through and can treat your endometriosis appropriately.
Take care and let us know how you are doing.
Love
Marcia :angel:

Hi guys,

thanks for the responses, first, Holly, I'm sorry to hear about you dealing with so much so young, I am only nineteen and have so many things wrong...but I don't really care to start the list right now, I refuse to take more medication though, as I feel like such a zomby and I feel the pain is the only thing that reminds me I am real....as strange as that sounds.

Marcia, I too have a male GYN. I am having another ultrasound on this Thursday, so hopefully we will get things figured out. He currently has me on Errin (birth control that stops my cycle), and Naproxen Sodium (a strong rX pain killer), but still the pain is unbearable on a daily basis. He says if these results come back negative for the pain then I will probably have to have a laprascopy...which speaking of, how is that? Does it hurt really bad? I had my gallbladder out by laprascopy and it wasn't too bad, but I was also on Vicadin...do they give you pain killers for it?? I was just wondering. Thanks for the support.

Your friend always,

-Angel :angel:

I know what you're going through. I ended up having to have a hysterectomy in june at the age of 29 because of a condition called adenomyosis. It is similar to endometriosis. It's where the lining of the uterus grew into the muscle wall. Anyway, I first started suffering in 1998 and because of insurance issues, I had to suffer for seven years. No medication touched the pain.

I deal with physical pain now on a daily basis because I have multiple sclerosis which causes painful muscle spasms and nerve pain. I had gotten addicted to the prescription narcotic pain pills and now am going off of them because I was taking more and more of them, abusing them. Now I have been 8 days without any and the pain is getting worse every day without them. It definitely makes depression worse to have to be in pain every day and anybody that doesnt have chronic pain couldnt possibly understand.

I hope you can get some relief somehow.

Staci

The laparoscopy wasn't bad. I had it done as an outpatient under general anesthesia. I did have moderate pain up under my ribcage for a few days after due to the gas that was injected. That pain was nothing compared to the daily pain I was already experiencing.

I hope the ultrasound will give you some answers. Good luck and take care.

Marcia
:angel:

Thanks again to all for the responses, it's nice to hear from you all. Sometimes I feel like the only support i have is here on these boards. The people in my physical life are no where near as supportive as my friends here.

Thanks again,

-Angel :angel: