Hi

I am new to this site, so a bit of background. My name is Lisa and I am 35. I've been TTC for almost 18 months.

I've had heavy periods since age 11. It got so bad I would have pain 2-3 weeks prior to period then the 2 days before period I would be bedridden. I would often have sharp bowel pains, sometimes with blood as well as bloating, diarrhea, constipation - you name it! Funny, but I just assumed all women had periods like this and didn't fully investigate until last year. How naive! Most of the women in both sides of my family have endo too... I once had a doctor tell me endo isn't hereditary, what a load of you know what!

I had a lap in Dec 08 and was told I had endo connecting my bladder and bowel to my uterus as well as other spots. But thankfully, nothing on my ovaries and tubes. Last week I had a lap to remove the endo and also had about 10cm of bowel removed. Its been a very tough and painful week (5 days in hospital and at least a few more weeks off work to recover).

My doc tells me that I should be able to fall naturally now and wants us to try for another 9 months before going to IVF. He also told me that he has never seen my kind of endo grow back. I find that hard to believe, but can only assume he is right. Has anyone else had a similar experience?

So I'm now slowly recovering (gee its painful!) and waiting to see if it helps with period pain/cycles and most importantly whether we conceive soon!

I've searched the net for weeks trying to find information on endo, results etc and this forum has it all. Thanks to all of you for sharing your stories, really makes me feel I'm not alone.

Enjoy your evening.