hi KT250,

reading your story was just like looking at my story.
i was about 21 when i started having intercourse pain and just like you i have visited numerous gp's and gynaes who also told me it was nothing and just go home and have a few tablets.
over the years the pain progressed and since going off the pill in dec 06 i also have pelvic pain, period pain and ovulation pain.
what makes me angry is that i waited 10 months to see a gynae on the gold coast and i left in tears cause she belittled me and said there was nothing wrong and i should not go back to see a doctor, and mainly because i had no period pain and no pain on examination.
then i went off the pill 2 years later when i felt it was time to try for a baby, and i realised that i actually do get bad period pain.
I went to see a gynae in my new town when i was 26 and he suspects i have endo cause i have almost all of the symptoms, but sent me home to try for a baby for 12 months.
Well 13 months has passed and i'm not pregnant and we have our second appoint with him in the morning, so i am very nervous but extremely optimistic that i will finally get some news, especially since i will be 28 in a few weeks and the age thing daunts on me also. (getting close to 30 would probably not bother me if i wasn't TTC.) ha ha it's funny how things like that can make you worry about getting older..
i have a fear of hospitals and freak out at the thought of having a lap, but at the same time i worry that if i do have endo, i have had it for many years and worry if there is any damage done, so i'm hoping they will do this soon so i can get some answers oh and a baby.
good luck with everything.