Finally after 8 years I had an exploratory laparoscopy on March 1st. I was discharged without seeing a Dr and was given a unreadable discharge sheet! Still none the wiser !!
Anyway back yesterday in outpatients to find I have Endo and adhesions causing my uterus to be tipped back adhered to my bowel which is then stuck to my abdominal wall. Apparently further surgery is too risky as my bowel may become damaged so I have been prescribed mebeverine for my bowels, Prostrap injections and HRT for the endo.
I am unsure wether to have the Prostrap as Ive heard about the horrendous side effects it can give ? I am also wondering if anyone else has the same adhesions and has been offered any other treatments? Be really grateful to hear other peoples experiences xx
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Hi are you under a bsge centre with a specialist endo surgeon?? I've heard of ladies having endo removed from bowel, but it needs to have numerous surgeons, through a bsge centre,
Hi, I was really frightened about using prostap too. However the first time I was on it, apart from having a few hot flushes and feeling like I'd lost my get up and go I was fine. Symptoms do get worse in the first month or so which is to be expected as it upregulates hormones - this then leads to the system shutting off. You may get funny bleeding for a while and then it just stops. For me it did calm down the Endo and helped me day to day.
The second time I was on it I came off it after two months because I was feeling very low. And within a few weeks was back to normal, so it won't take that long for it to come out of your system if you have the one month depot - the 3 month depot is used as well so find out which one has been prescribed.
They did mention referring to a specialist in Endo once they had seen if I tolerated the Prostrap and it had had any effect . I am due back in 3 months so may hold off and push to be referred to the specialist first. Thank you for your replies x
Hi sweetie, I've had two lots of very successful surgery for what sounds like a very similar situation. First lot of surgery 2.5 years ago to cut bowel off the back of my uterus and abdominal wall. Great success! Except that he missed a bit of endo further down my bowel so I went to a BSGE centre and had surgery 3 weeks ago. Brilliant results from surgery. Agree with all the other posts- find your nearest BSGE centre on this link, choose a gynae on the list at your nearest centre and ask your GP for a referral. bsge.org.uk/ec-BSGE-accredi.... Cut and paste it into your browser. During surgery 3 weeks ago I had a gynae and a bowel surgeon operating on me at the same time. And that is now clinical best practice. My opinion- if you just go to a random gynae that your GP refers you to and they are not in a BSGE centre, more often than not you are wasting your time. Before you see your GP, do your research about the nearest BSGE centre, research the gynaes and bowel surgeons listed against that centre then see your GP and tell him to book you in. If it's of interest, the cost of a private consultation is around £230-250 with a gynae (and same again for bowel doc if gynae decides you need to see one). Some people choose to queue jump to get the initial full diagnosis and treatment plan quickly for £250 then you can choose to flip back to the NHS and see the same docs or continue to pay privately. Whatever you do, don't wait 3 months for anything- get a second opinion from the centre of excellence nearest you. Good luck! X
As been mentioned above a general gynea completely missed all my endo, said he removed a nodule off bladder and that was it. I continued to have all sorts of issues and after reading the helpful posts on here asked my gp for a referal to bsge centre.
I had exploratory lap in jan, now awaiting further surgery with colorectal surgeon present to remove endo on my bowel, left ovary and pod.
I've been put on 3 month Prostap (had second dose few weeks ago), not sure if it's working for me though as I seem to still be getting periods and same endo symptons surrounding them, as well as the mood swings, up and down moods and occasional night sweats. I've also started to notice, since the 2nd injection, my knees are painful. I read a few ladies say their bones hurt and I get now what they meant. I've read Prostap doesn't suit everyone, but does suit some so I really don't think you will l ow how you'll react until you try it unfortunately.
It is well worth pursuing and pushing to see the right people.
Thought I would share my experience as endo sounds similar. I had my initial diagnosis laparoscopy done by a normal gynae and it was discovered my bowel, ovaries and tubes were all stuck together so then he referred me to a BSGE centre. As one of the other replies above mentions I chose to queue jump as it were to see the gynae consultant and bowel surgeon there privately, due to the amount of pain I was in and kept having to take time off work etc. To give you idea of costs the gynae surgeon consultation was £190 and the bowel surgeon £170, I imagine this varies in different parts of the country. I then had to have a flexible sigmoidoscopy to see the extent of the bowel involvement (cost approx £2000). I am now on the waiting list for surgery with both consultants and have gone back to the NHS for this as the cost for this privately was £10,000.
No-one has ever mentioned medication etc to me only surgery for excision of the endometriosis which I've been told mine is in the severe category.
Good luck and definitely get referred to a specialist centre.
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Advice needed please - bowel endo?
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Adhesions 
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