endometriosis

[juniper76]

I also had (and still have) the very heavy AFs, although my pain has been much less since my last lap.

If there's no-one close by, it would be worth travelling (to Sydney or Melbourne) for the right Dr. I have a friend down in Canberra who had a lap and their surgeon couldn't remove the endo (too extensive for that surgeon), so she ended up going to Sydney for a repeat lap with an expert endo surgeon. When you've got someone removing tissue in such delicate areas, you really do want the best you can afford.

I hope you have success with your GP. Maybe do your best to make it clear how much pain your experiencing. I don't think I ever really got that message across and maybe that's why I was ignored? Maybe if I'd gone seeking prescription pain meds they'd have taken me seriously, but I was too scared of being turned away empty-handed...


N2L, I once tried panadeine forte (had some left over from something else), but it was as useless as the rest. I think I'd have had to go pretty hard-core with the prescription meds to get any relief (pre-lap)... Heat packs used to take the edge off though...