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Positive Post - Book Recommendation - Spreading the Love

Hello, Spreading the love on Valentines Day 🙏🏻❤️ After reading Heal Endo, which I highly recommend, the advice on hormones and surgery was extremely...

Hello, Spreading the love on Valentines Day 🙏🏻❤️ After reading Heal Endo, ...

Circe3

•2 years ago

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making them believe you

Hi all, I’m new here, still in the process of being officially diagnosed. I saw a private gynaecologist and she is 99% certain I have endometriosis, possibly...

Hi all, I’m new here, still in the process of being officially diagnosed. I saw ...

Shelldob

•2 years ago

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1.5 years post lap

Hi everyone,I had my first diagnostic laparoscopy 1 year and 6 months ago. They found Endometriosis and removed it. After the lap, my periods were more...

Hi everyone,I had my first diagnostic laparoscopy 1 year and 6 months ago. They ...

Cookie_185

•2 years ago

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going private

Hi everyone, recently joined this community. I’ve been considering looking into private care with gynaecology as the two gynaecologists I have seen have been...

Hi everyone, recently joined this community. I’ve been considering looking into ...

MayM95

•2 years ago

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2 years for a gynaecologist

hello everyone Such sad news that if you get referred to a specialist today it will take 2 years for you actually get an appointment in the nhs 😞

hello everyone Such sad news that if you get referred to a specialist today it...

Greenlady48

•2 years ago

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MRI results

Hi everyone, I had my pelvic MRI scan Monday 6th January. If anyone has had this done how long did you roughly wait for the results? And did you get results...

Hi everyone, I had my pelvic MRI scan Monday 6th January. If anyone has had thi...

courtneyhatts

•2 years ago

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Strange episodes

Hi all, I’m going to reach out to my GP but wondered if anyone else has had similar symptoms. I was diagnosed with endometriosis following a lap in 2020....

Hi all, I’m going to reach out to my GP but wondered if anyone else has had simi...

Eternalsunshine0o

•2 years ago

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nerve damage?

Hi everyone. I had my first excision surgery in august 2022 for severe Endo and feel like it’s made my pain worse, it’s just constant now and the bad days are...

Hi everyone. I had my first excision surgery in august 2022 for severe Endo and ...

Blossoms1994

•2 years ago

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Advice

Hi guys, I made a post on here before but right now I’m really stuck and don’t know what to do. I’m 20 years old and started my period at 9 since then...

Hi guys, I made a post on here before but right now I’m really stuck and don’t...

mwhitee

•2 years ago

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Utrogestan

Has anybody found this helpful for endo? I cant seem to tolerate the progesterone only pill, too many nasty side effects. TIA

Has anybody found this helpful for endo? I cant seem to tolerate the progesteron...

Slinks

•2 years ago

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update

so finally had a gynae appointment not with a consultant but a endo/pain specialist and she was great. Started me on zoladex injections which helped till 2...

so finally had a gynae appointment not with a consultant but a endo/pain special...

Purplehaze01

•2 years ago

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Cyst Found

I’ve had unexplained pain in my left hip/buttock/lower back area that will sometimes evolve into sciatica down the leg or a sudden stabbing jolt in the upper...

I’ve had unexplained pain in my left hip/buttock/lower back area that will somet...

WanderingFox

•2 years ago

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hydrosalpinx query

I was diagnosed with Endo and Adeno 13 months ago. Following a further MRI scan a few weeks back, I've just received a letter from the hospital stating that it...

I was diagnosed with Endo and Adeno 13 months ago. Following a further MRI scan ...

velouriarose

•2 years ago

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Waiting list in Kintyre, Scotland

Hi, I'm sorry your suffering. I waited 16 months to see a gynae. The first two appt were that.... he was on a screen. Finally saw him in person. I'm on the...

Hi, I'm sorry your suffering. I waited 16 months to see a gynae. The first two ...

Shell1212

•2 years ago

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Ugesteran

Been taking oestrogel and ugesteran since September 2022 Hrt tablet to protect my womb because of endometriosis. I am in the menopause aged 50 Had issues with...

Been taking oestrogel and ugesteran since September 2022 Hrt tablet to protect m...

harryhonda25

•2 years ago

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Expediting surgery

Hi everyone, I just wondering if there’s anything else I can be doing at this point to expedite surgery for deep infiltrating endo. I have been waiting for 2...

Hi everyone, I just wondering if there’s anything else I can be doing at this p...

Medicalmenopause

•2 years ago

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Pouch of Douglas

Hi, I'm a little confused and hoping I can get some understanding. I have endometriosis on my pouch of Douglas, which i understand is against the bowel? Does...

Hi, I'm a little confused and hoping I can get some understanding. I have endom...

Giraffegreen

•2 years ago

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Pain relief for bowel endo?

Hi guys, I'm 5 years since my last lap - where they found extensive endo around pouch of Douglas. Since then I've had a baby and been on the minipill, but as...

Hi guys, I'm 5 years since my last lap - where they found extensive endo around ...

Sfarre

•2 years ago

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periods and tablets

hi all! So just a quick one as some may have seen my recent posts about my periods just a quick re cap for those who haven’t well I’ve been on for 13/14...

hi all! So just a quick one as some may have seen my recent posts about my pe...

Melissa30

•2 years ago

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prostap injections

i have been on prostap injections for six months I am experiencing awful joint and muscle pains Ibelieve this is a side effect Also I am extremely hormonal...

i have been on prostap injections for six months I am experiencing awful joint...

Prettythings1

•2 years ago

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Tilted uterus

HI, I’m due to have a laparoscopy on Wednesday to see if I have endometriosis. I was just wondering if having a tilted uterus makes any difference in them...

HI, I’m due to have a laparoscopy on Wednesday to see if I have endometriosis....

CeCeT

•2 years ago

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endo diagnosis

I am currently waiting for surgery to confirm I have endometriosis but I already know I have with all my symptoms and ultrasounds have shown sticky adhesions...

I am currently waiting for surgery to confirm I have endometriosis but I already...

Beeee2023

•2 years ago

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Unsure about appointment

So I had a meeting with my doctor at the start of the year. She was really helpful, had me referred for a scan (a week on Tuesday) and an appointment at the...

So I had a meeting with my doctor at the start of the year. She was really helpf...

Hidden

•2 years ago

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hysterectomy or not?

Hello I was diagnosed with endometriosis 2 years ago but have been suffering various symptoms probably because of it for about 10 years (IBS, Back Pain,...

Hello I was diagnosed with endometriosis 2 years ago but have been suffering va...

Sol2023

•2 years ago

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Nexplanon implant removed any advice would be greatly appreciated please

Good morning all hope you are well today I have had endometriosis diagnosed finally in 2015 did ablation surgery and had it on my bowel. Forced me through the...

Good morning all hope you are well today I have had endometriosis diagnosed fina...

harryhonda25

•2 years ago

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hair loss with endometriosis

Does anyone else suffer with hair loss with endometriosis, I also find my hair shreds a lot more whilst i am in a flare up.

Does anyone else suffer with hair loss with endometriosis, I also find my hair s...

Red476

•2 years ago

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Decapeptyl 11.25 mg - the after side effects

Hi! I have had my Decapeptyl 11.25 mg injection end of September in order to decrease the size of my fibroid before surgery. I managed quite well the side...

Hi! I have had my Decapeptyl 11.25 mg injection end of September in order to dec...

ElvisCat

•2 years ago

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Needing Help

Hi everyone, kinda on the verge of a mental breakdown right now and nowhere seems willing or able to help so this is a bit of a last resort for me, sorry if...

Hi everyone, kinda on the verge of a mental breakdown right now and nowhere seem...

NikNaxx

•2 years ago

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Endo or not

Approx April 2021 I took a dull pain my lower left hip. Didn’t think much of it until it became the hip and buttock area sometimes coming up the lower back and...

Approx April 2021 I took a dull pain my lower left hip. Didn’t think much of it ...

WanderingFox

•2 years ago

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Working expectations & Monthly Endo pain?

Hi, I love that this support group exists. I have endo and am struggling at the moment, I get 2 days a month (or shorter) that I am in too much pain to work....

Hi, I love that this support group exists. I have endo and am struggling at the ...

VEGANELLE

•2 years ago

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Posts - Endometriosis UK | HealthUnlocked

Endometriosis UK

All posts for February 2023

Positive Post - Book Recommendation - Spreading the Love

making them believe you

1.5 years post lap

going private

2 years for a gynaecologist

MRI results

Strange episodes

nerve damage?

Advice

Utrogestan

update

Cyst Found

hydrosalpinx query

Waiting list in Kintyre, Scotland

Ugesteran

Expediting surgery

Pouch of Douglas

Pain relief for bowel endo?

periods and tablets

prostap injections

Tilted uterus

endo diagnosis

Unsure about appointment

hysterectomy or not?

Nexplanon implant removed any advice would be greatly appreciated please

hair loss with endometriosis

Decapeptyl 11.25 mg - the after side effects

Needing Help

Endo or not

Working expectations & Monthly Endo pain?

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Posts - Endometriosis UK | HealthUnlocked

Endometriosis UK

All posts for February 2023

Positive Post - Book Recommendation - Spreading the Love

making them believe you

1.5 years post lap

going private

2 years for a gynaecologist

MRI results

Strange episodes

nerve damage?

Advice

Utrogestan

*update*

Cyst Found

hydrosalpinx query

Waiting list in Kintyre, Scotland

Ugesteran

Expediting surgery

Pouch of Douglas

Pain relief for bowel endo?

periods and tablets

prostap injections

Tilted uterus

endo diagnosis

Unsure about appointment

hysterectomy or not?

Nexplanon implant removed any advice would be greatly appreciated please

hair loss with endometriosis

Decapeptyl 11.25 mg - the after side effects

Needing Help

Endo or not

Working expectations & Monthly Endo pain?

Search posts

Pinned Posts

Latest poll

If you were eligible to take part in a medical research trial about endometriosis, how would you like to find out about it?

Topics

Archive

update