Is it endometriosis?

[EmmaG91]

Hello, I’m very new to all of this and looking for some advice if possible.

I’m 28 years old and up until I came off the pill a few months ago I have never suffered with my periods. Last year I was told that I had cervical erosion and needed treatment for this, I had the cells frozen away and was advised to stop taking the pill as the oestrogen can contribute to cervical erosion. I came off the pill and this is where things started going wrong.

For the last 3 periods that I’ve had I have been in excruciating pain in my lower abdomen on the left side. The first time I had this pain I was so scared that I went to A&E and the doctors there thought I was in labour. After doing a generic X-ray I got sent on my way with cocodamol.

I am currently on my period now and have had the worst weekend. I have been in absolute agony. The only way to describe the pain is that it feels like contractions that last for up to 8 hours. During this time I can’t move and just sit in floods of tears. I rang 111 yesterday and got an out of hours GP appointment and got given some Naproxen. However, I was also sick around 5 times yesterday afternoon.

I’m off work today and have an appointment with my own GP at 2pm. I’m just wondering if anyone had any advice or support to get to the bottom of this please?

I’ve also had diarrhoea for around 6 years which has been investigated but they’re struggling to find answers. I’m wondering now whether that could be a symptom of endometriosis too?

Thank you