Saw my GP again yesterday after 2 horrendous weeks of continuous pain. I'm not sleeping, struggling to keep up with my normal tasks and the side effects from so much Tramadol! Hoping for another referral, it's been two years since my first Lap and they found nothing conclusive and as such didn't bother to follow up with me after putting the marina coil in. The pains just got worse and I'm reaching the point where I don't know how I'm supposed to keep going! my GP now thinks I have IBS.... It's almost a joke! I Asked for a gyne referral and she said she would do it but thinks that it's not endo.. She said you don't get bloating with Endo! Who doesn't feel a little swollen when they're in agony!? Feeling so frustrated! Not sure what to do next as I feel totally lost in the NHS! Has anybody else faced this constant battle?
Another unsuccessful trip to the doctor - Endometriosis UK
Another unsuccessful trip to the doctor
Oh no, poor thing, is there another Gp at your surgery, or if not you need to change surgeries, is you belly always swollen, or just feel bloated,
There is something called adenomyosis, like endo but grows into the wall of the womb and then makes the uterus larger than normal, it's harder to diagnose than endo, and that's hard enough, just keep on and on,
What are your symptoms.??
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Thank you so much for your reply Ladies! Lindle your post has made me feel significantly better! Never have I had a GP be so dismissive of my symptoms, I will certainly provide my GP with the journal extract! Ive checked the list of specialists and James Cook hospital has a specialist centre! It's a hospital not far from me. My GP had finally agreed to refer me but I'm so tired of being treated like a whiny child! Just because I'm 25 does not mean that she knows how I feel better than me. I'm going to drop in my pain diary she asked me to complete with the attached below and also an instruction for a referral to James Cook. Fingers crossed they can do this for me! X