Life with Endometriosis
As someone who is suffering from chronic pain due to endometriosis and inflammatory bowel disease, I'm always looking for ways to relieve my body aches. I'll go over those ways in today's post. After months of getting zero relief from the suggested 1,000 mg of acetaminophen and 800 mg of ibuprofen, I decided to try … Continue reading Alternative medicine
Thank you. I appreciate the compliment. Whether it's makeup, what I wear, or how I speak, I put in a lot of effort in how I present myself every day. It's takes a lot of work to put on a smile, especially when my back feels like it's going to collapse in on itself or … Continue reading But you don’t look sick…
I was not expecting that level of pain. Having the Mirena inserted was like having a tiny troll with a sword stab my uterus repetitively then take his small fist and grab some uterine lining and pinch it with all his might multiple times. I cried. The four 200-mg Advil pills I took just 15 … Continue reading Mirena IUD- Insertion
Resharing my post from instagram: Myshellie23 I am one in 10. Being a woman with endometriosis means I am always in pain. It means I push past the pain and go to work anyways. It means sitting at an office when I really just want to curl up into fetal position. It means smiling when … Continue reading I am #1In10
I’ve had a rough few days with intense aches, pain and nausea. My symptoms got so bad this weekend that by Sunday night, I was struggling to walk. I had chills, night sweats and excruciating abdominal pain. I couldn’t breathe it was so bad. My belly button also looked weird – to me. Anxiety kicked … Continue reading Endo in my endo
My body has changed so much after the endometriosis surgery. I know it's still too early and that in a week it will look entirely different. I've never seen it this big before. Even after my recent appendectomy, my abdomen didn't swell or bruise this bad. Here's a before and after: In the before shot, … Continue reading Belly button
The last 36 hours have been excruciating. I’ve just had a single excision endometriosis resection surgery, where Dr. Guan said he cut away so many implants that were hiding underneath my uterus. He lifted and moved my swollen uterus and cut below it. Thankfully, I did not have any adhesions around my ovaries or on … Continue reading Pain management at home
So my day surgery turned into an overnight stay at the hospital due to severe pain, the inability to use some of my bodily functions and the nausea. Dr. Guan and a female fellow surgeon (I can't remember her name) handled me with precision. My surgery was scheduled for 7:30 a.m., but I didn't actually … Continue reading The aftermath so far: painful
I can’t stop shaking. Even as I type this my hands tremble gently. Tomorrow is the big day. I’ll be out of surgery by this time tomorrow (hopefully). I’m sitting here on my lunch break, trying to calm myself. Telling myself over and over that it’s an outpatient procedure, so I shouldn’t be this nervous. … Continue reading Countdown to painfree
In less than 48 hours, I’ll be under the knife with an endometriosis specialist looking inside my abdomen using a tiny camera attached to a robotic arm. But unlike my 2016 surgery where the doctor made three incisions around my belly button, the team this time around will need to make only a single 1.5 … Continue reading Minimally invasive