I started my period when I was around 10 years old. My very first period lasted almost 4 and half months long. My mother took me to my family doctor, then she sent me to a specialist. They ran all sorts of tests on me and put me on birth control. I was on birth control till about a 4 months ago when I got my tubes tied. Minus the 18 months that I was pregnant and the few times I decided to take myself off out of sheer rebelion, lol.
I never knew what was wrong with me. I would wake up one morning with my period and not be able to move for a day or two. I was and am still in so much pain. I've had doctors tell me it's all in my head and there is nothing wrong with me. I even had one female doctor tell me I was just being a whimp about the pain. Off and on through out the years I've had pain during intercourse. My doctors said I was just too rough and to be more gentle and maybe find a new favorite position.
Finally when I started complaining of it again this time my family doctor took me serious, she's a female. She sent me to her gyno, the one she sees personally. He listened to me and then sent me for a ultrasound. He found 3 sists, that weren't there a few months before. So he decided to do a laproscopy to remove the sists and take a look around.
He found endometriosis covering my bowels, bladder, intestines, ovaries, liver, kidneys, and said there was probably more that he couldn't see too. They removed the sists that day, but decided to leave the endo alone because there was so much of it they would never be able to get all of it. I went back for a check up and he tells me he has this drug that I take in a shot form once every 3 months and it will take care of everything. So of course I jump at it. Who wouldn't? Obviously this drug is Lupron. But then I start to hear all kinds of bad things about Lupron and it's side affects. Now I'm scared.
I have an open appointment to go get the shot on the first day of my next period, but now I'm not so sure. I'm glad I found this group, so maybe I can decide beofore I have to go get the shot. He told me my only other option is to get a hysterectomy done, which is looking pretty good at this point to me.
I'm sure I'm missing all kinds of important stuff to tell you about my story, but this is all I can remeber right now. It's been a long and painful day. Thank you for letting me share this.
Sherry
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