Clear Laparoscopy

[clairecx]

Hello,

I had a laparoscopy privately last August and it came back clear. My symptom have not changed (possibly worse) and I am at a complete loss of what to do. I have constant right pelvic pain, I had the coil fitted a year ago and no longer have periods however I often get excruciating pain (worse than the usual constant pain) then have spotting straight after. I also have upper right leg pain which can sometimes be worse that the pelvic pain, bowel issues and slight bleeding after sex. When I last spoke to my Gynaecologist he was adamant that there was nothing there, he said he checked everywhere and there was no sign of endo. I am not sure what to do as I can only go by his guidance however I know my body and I know this is not normal. I feel I can no longer do day to day activities I used to love, I'm drained by the time I get home from work and exercising is so difficult with the pain being constant. Any help or advice would be appreciated, thank you x

[bluebug]

Sorry it's not clear - was the pain there before you had your coil fitted? Or as it got worse sice it was fitted?

[clairecx in reply to bluebug]

Hi, the pain was there before, I had the coil fitted after the laparoscopy to see if it would help, it has stopped periods but the pain is still there

[Amyrose84]

Hi,

Sorry to hear you’re in pain.

Did you have your laparoscopy performed by a general gynaecologist or at an endometriosis specialist centre?

[clairecx in reply to Amyrose84]

It was a general gynaecologist, I naively went in with the assumption that because it was private, that the surgeon was an endo specialist but the more I have looked into this I don't thiink this was the case

[Amyrose84 in reply to clairecx]

I would see if you could get a referral to a BSGE endometriosis centre for a second opinion.

I’ve heard of several woman who have been wrongly told they didn’t have endometriosis by a gynaecologist only to later be diagnosed by an endometriosis specialist.

[clairecx in reply to Amyrose84]

Thank you, I will definitely look into this!