Whether you’ve been diagnosed with endometriosis, or you’ve had one or more of its symptoms, this is definitely the most important letter you will read today!

Hello, my name is Shelley Ross and when my best friend was diagnosed with endometriosis, I saw firsthand the awful effects this Endo can have on a woman and her relationship with her husband or significant other.

I felt terrible standing idly by, watching it all unfold and I knew that I had to do something to help.

So I began to extensively research endometriosis. I learned everything that I could about the condition, including how someone can control and even prevent its painful symptoms naturally!

It’s true. I shared this incredible information with my friend and today she is feeling better than she has in years!

Click here to see the solution I found for her endometriosis symptoms…

Most of your symptoms, especially going to the bathroom, nausea, sounds like IC. and maybe IBS because of the bowels, and a hormonal imbalance that can be helped with B.C. pills.

I did have endometriosis for 15 years and now have IC. All of the symptoms blend together and sound identical. It’s best to get knowledge and understand for yourself ilke you are doing and definately tell you doc.

Constipation oddly comes in two forms – loose stools or not at all.

Constipation is a symptome of endo, if the endo is near your bowels.

Mainly for endo symptoms are painful periods, don’t usually last a long time, but are nasty. Tender abdomen (both endo and IC), painful intercourse, very hormonal.

I hope this helped you out a little. I was going by all that i have learned from going through it all. I am not a pro at all, def check with your doctor and ask about IBS and IC You will be so much happier if you can get those diagnosed. Since your insurance is poor, you can try to self treat as much as possible by yourself, as none of this is cureable, but it is treatable. Try changing your diet. that may make a difference with going to the bathroom all the time. Also you may qualify for a different state insurance since you are in school if that is possible. Mabybe that would be better for you, worth looking into. goodluck with school.. Let me know if you would like to talk more. I’ve been there and know it is frustrating.

This is how it was for my sister. She was diagnosed when she was 19, had troubles all her life, with pain, also with ovarian cysts, with her sex life, etc….you name it, she had it.

She was put on bc pills before she decided to get pregnant. She herself didn’t have problems becoming pregnant and everything was great in pregnancy….i remember she told me she couldn’t believe that there was no pain. It was the same during breastfeeding but once she finished with the breastfeeding, the pain was gone.

You may decide to start using bc pills after your pregnancy, without the sugar pills in order to prevent ovulation. Acetaminophen can help you and it is safe during pregnancy!

http://www.americanpregnancy.org/womenshealth/endometriosis.html

http://www.endometriosisassn.org.

I have no other medical issues that I know of. The medications I’m on are:
Lexapro
BCP
Phentermine (I’m 5’9" tall and weigh 168 lbs currently)

Is there anyone who knows more about rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and adrenal disease? Or do you know of anything else that could be going on? I just have a feeling something is wrong inside, but I don’t know for sure. I’m having blood work done this week. Just a bit concerned, so any advice, or answers, you may have would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!

I’m sure the reason your doctor is checking your cortisol level is to rule out/diagnose Cushing Syndrome; which fits a lot of your symptoms. Since you already have ovarian cysts, you probably have Polycystic Ovary Disease; your symptoms match there too. Are you around menopausal age? Menopause has a lot of those symptoms too. It is good that you are getting checked for arthritis and lupus too. Another question, how long have you been on the Lexapro? It has a lot of yucky side effects that could be causing some of your symptoms. I’ve kind of thrown a lot out there but just trying to give you some ideas. I’ve listed the links to sites about the info I stated above. I hope all this helps. Best of luck!

Praying you are able to get a diagnosis soon and relief from your symptoms.

For IBS:
Abdominal distention, excessive flatulence, bloating, continuous urge to defecate, and a feeling of incomplete evacuation of the bowel. There really isn’t a specific diagnostic test for IBS but there is what is known as the Rome II criteria for IBS. The Rome II Criteria consists of abdominal pain that has been present for 12 weeks (consecutive or not) within the past 12 months (sounds like your situation), along with 2 of the following: 1) relieved by defecation, 2) onset associated with a change in stool frequency, or 3) onset associated with change in stool appearance.

IBS can also be associated with diarrhea, constipation, or both (alternating of course). Depending on what you’re experiencing, there are a few medications that you could benefit from. Imodium to relieve diarrhea, zelnorm to relieve constipation, or lotronex also for diarrhea. If you are significantly stressed or have an intolerance to specific foods, those could be possible causes to your symptoms. Try keeping a log of what foods you consume that aggravate your symptoms the most. Some foods such as broccoli, cabbage, beans, brussel sprouts, asparagus, potatoes, corn, noodles, and wheat produce excess gas that irritates the bowel; avoiding or limiting their intake may provide some relief as well.

If you experience any blood in your stool, weight loss, fatigue, or abdominal pain you may have IBD, which is a more serious disorder when compared to IBS.

Like I said, I don’t have it, but I just finished brushing up on it for work and saw this. I hope it helps some.

JC

i have been to the doctor several times and the emergency room once. Ive had multiple urinalysis tests done, and blood work done three times. the urine tests came back free of any infections, and the blood work( tested for all sorts of things, i.e. complete blood count, thyroid, diabetes…etc etc). So my blood tests showed there was no sign of inflammation or infections, so the doctors doubt its my appendix(i also have had no nausea or fever whatsoever) or gall bladder. the doctors thought i might have ovarian cysts, but the doctor in the emergency room last night seems to think its endometriosis. they have set up appointments for me to have abdominal and pelvic ultrasounds done, but the earliest appointment they could get for me was the 9th of next month. so naturally in the mean time, im scared! im petrified that there IS something wrong with either my gall bladder or appendix and i wont know until its too late! anyone who has experience this type of pain, please offer some HELPFUL advice. any rude comments will be reported asap.
and yes, i have seen my gyno recently, in july as a matter of fact. nothing seemed amiss at that point, however they didnt do ultrasounds or anything like that lol.

It may be simply constipation,all the symptoms point to it.try to have more roughage in your diet prune juice a sm.glass a day in the morning plenty of fruit veg & water @ least 6 glasses a day.try a gentle laxative like lactolose or 1 your pharmacy/druggist recommends try it what you got to lose? if it’s not the prune juice fruit veg water even the roughage won’t harm you it’s just healthy living & the laxative you just have to stop& you still have your appointnent.I really do hope it helps & it ‘s not anything to sinister.Good luck.

Sorry to hear about all your problems, It sounds to me like most of your problems are connected to your bowels, why did you need some of your colon removed? Are you still being seen at the gastro department? At a guess i would say you have crohns or ulcerative collitis. It doent sound like andometriosis to me, i have suffered endometriosis for 6 years and i dont see too many matches here. Im sorry i cant help you more!