hi girls!

Chris: oh man oh man. that does not sound good at all girl. i'm really sorry to hear it.
and you're so right, i think many ppl in my group of family and friends didnt quite realise the enormity of pain that endo can bring about. after i had DD mum asked how i coped in labour and i told her point blank that it was on par with an average O and AF pain. i *think* it was then that she really began to understand. i mean seriously you can't 'fake' passing out and throwing up. what course of action are you on ATM? do the GYNs have any clue as to what to do?

Ausgirl: i too had the opportunity to pass on the synarel. i guess i just counted myself lucky that at the time i wasnt too bad. and in all honesty it was the possible side-effects that totally turned me off. at least with the endo i knew what i was going to experience ITMS.

AFM: well for the moment i have no symptoms! i mean i get O pain, but i now consider it within the parameters of 'normal'. some cycles it is painful to sit down without care and attention but these are few and far between. that said i have been sticking to a styled diet of avoiding caffeine in the period between ovulating and AF. i found this to help me manage the pain. dont know why it works but it does for me so i cant complain lol! also AF appears to be 'normal' too. first time in a very long time. lasts for 4 days and is relatively pain free (took like ONE panadol last cycle!). so am happy with that. of course in the back of my mind comes a lurking fear that it will all happen again (especially as we are TTC #2 and fear of m/c and repercussions on the endo flair up again).