Hi Ladies.
Back in November 2021 I was diagnosed with endometriosis through laparscorpy surgery cyst was 8cm on my left ovary and another one on my rectum. On Tuesday the 26th of April I had ultrasound scan to check my ovaries, womb, fallopian tubes etc. The hospital has found that after 5 months of having laparscorpy they found that my endometriosis is growing back, at the moment it's 1cm to 2 cm.
The gynecologist wants to put me on the contraception pill( mini pill) due to my age. I am nervous to go on the mini pill due to side effects. I wanted to ask has the mini pill helped anyone with endometriosis by slowly the growth, eased the pain, side effects, weight gain, stopped periods etc. Also is anyone on gluten free diet? Has I've read someone that gluten free diet is better then gluten diet if you suffer with endometriosis.
Any advice is very much appreciated 😊.
I have been on the mini pill for two years since my last op. Initially i was on one pill per day but I bled constantly and it didn't work for me. I sopke to my specialist and he said I should double the dose. After doing that it completely stopped all the bleeding and stopped my periods which has massively reduced my pain. It has made a huge difference to the quality of my life but I don't know whether it has stopped the endo growing or not. I think the evidence on that is still not clear scientifically. I had no wait gain, no change in moods and it completely stopped the breast pain I had too. I'mhoping I can stick with this until the menopause.
Thank you so very much for taking the time to reply and for sharing your experience xx.
Not at all you are more than welcome. I hope you find something that works for you.xx