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Do I have to have op ? Stage 4

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Can anyone help? I have endo and have been fitted with a Mirena coil 3 months ago by Health Charity Beneden (NHS queue was so long) was told to try and avoid ops as I have stage 4 endo and ovaries, bowel, uterus all stuck with 7cm cyst.

Now finally got to see NHS registrar at my local hospital which is an endo centre. Now being advised to have op to remove Adnesions but will need a kidney stent and might end up with colostomy bag while bowel heals if they need have to remove a bit. Sadly doc was from overseas and me and my husband struggled to understand. All sounds rather drastic and I still unclear what implications are if I don't have operation. He was going to take Mirena out as he said did not help. Anyone got any advice especially regarding not having op?

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Thank you that is a most comprehensive answer. The person I saw will be the person doing the operation. I have had an MRI and I will look at your posts. Thank you for taking the time to reply to my question.

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