Thoughts and feelings

[CLee88]

Hi everyone

Yesterday I was diagnosed with Endometriosis. Currently i'm feeling a mix of relief and upset as it's taken 10 years to get to this point. I'm waiting on confirmation for my laroposcopy appointment but my consultant essentially said that based on what she can tell so far, I might be leaning towards a less positive outcome i.e. ovary removal etc.

I don't yet have children and am obviously hoping that the outcome is more positive and I might be fortunate to experience this in the future.

However, the issue in facing is that my mother has stopped talking to me because I'm not ready to talk about it. I understand that people will want to be supportive but I'm still feeling quite emotional about it and I'm simply not ready to sit and talk it through.

I suppose my question is, am I wrong to be feeling this way? Am I being overly dramatic?

Thank you xxx

[Nikki84]

Hi,

No you not being overly dramatic, this is a horrible chronic disease to live with and is going to affect the rest of your life, you need to do as much research as you can so you know what you are dealing with,but don't shut your family out, sit down with your mum and the research and try to talk about it and what it means for your future, if you have to have a ovary removed, you can still get pregnant with the one side, they say it's easier to get pregnant with the one side as the sperm only has one way to go. I have just had my left tube removed and they couldn't remove the ovary as it is attached to my womb, I am at stage four, but I know need to try and get pregnant really quickly before it affects my right side, so I have very limited time, wait till you have had your op before you start worrying to much because you won't know how advanced it is till then, so it's not worth worrying to much till you know what you are dealing with (easier said than done I know) this group is really good for advice and support, so know you are not the only one going through this . Hope this has helped a little, but remember to do as much research as you can xx