Hi all, hope some of you can help!
My laparoscopy and excision was on 27th February, so it has been just over two months now. I was put back on Lucette just after my first post-surgery period, and my last period was definitely slightly better (pain wise).
However, I'm having a few issues at the moment. Since my surgery, every single day it hurts to urinate and I feel like I have the start of a UTI. I've had sex with my partner twice since my lap, however, each time it BURNS horrendously inside (along the vaginal walls), and it burns after for quite some time. I shower immediately after, however, the next morning when I wake up, there is a real fishy odour when I urinate.
I therefore went to my GP on Monday morning just gone (the 30th) and my GP is amazing - he is the one that really listened to me before my diagnosis, and he is the one that pre-diagnosed me before my lap based on all my scans etc. (even when the other doctors thought it was all in my head and thought it was "just an infection"!). He is the one who said "I am 99% sure it is endometriosis", and low and behold, my lap discovered five different areas of endo.
Anyway, my GP ran the normal tests, so he took a urine sample and took lots of swabs, and my urine sample was showing that it contained nitrates, but nothing else. My GP prescribed me with a three day course of Nitrofurantoin to tide me over until my swabs came back, and he told me to call back today.
I then called him today, and he said that it is a mystery... my urine sample came back "fine", my swabs came back clear, and there is no sign of infection! I was adamant that I had Bacterial Vaginosis due to the horrible odour after sex, and the nitrates in my urine suggest a UTI, so my doctor said that I'm going to have to go for some more tests. Could this be my endo causing these issues? Has anyone had similar? I saw a different doctor about 3 weeks after my lap as my urine was painful, but he did a urine sample and it came back clear. I suffered from chronic UTIs from the age of about 15-20 (I lost my virginity to my partner when I was 18), but I had a bladder flush and I haven't had one since (my GP thinks the 5 years of UTIs was definitely endo related).
I really am at a loose end, so I would be grateful for anyone's comments.
Thanks all,
E x