Guidance please!

[Harper1991]

Hello!

I’m after a bit of guidance... for 8 years I had severe pain, bleeding and everything that goes with it and told it was all in my head.. fast forward to 2018 where I was having a smear test (I have high risk HPV) and I mentioned to the new doctor about the years of pain. An ultrasound showed a cyst inside my ovary which they removed and during surgery found 2 hernias and endometriosis.

I have been getting pain again but happy to put up with it however I’m unsure if this is wise to do.. am I potentially making things worse in terms of fertility etc?

Thanks in advance!

[Anon1846]

My questions with this would be, have they removed the endo and what stage were you diagnosed at. Endometriosis can cause scarring, the more scarring the worse it could affect fertility I believe. I would advise going to your gp/gynecologists and discuss this with them as there may be something they can do. Have you been put on a progesterone contraceptive to try and balance the hormones?

So sooner endo is managed the less likely you are to suffer infertility however i believe it is around 30% of those with endometriosis will suffer fertility issues