Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a problem many women have during their childbearing years. It means that a type of tissue that lines your uterus is also growing outside your uterus. The clumps of tissue that grow outside your uterus are called implants. They usually grow on the ovaries, the fallopian tubes, the outer wall of the uterus, the intestines, or other organs in the belly. In rare cases, they spread to areas beyond the belly. In my case I had one of these rare cases and it grew everywhere eventually wrapping itself around my gallbladder which had to be removed and then it began to wrap itself around my other organs when they did a total hysterectomy and removed it. In my case I had it "burned" off by lazer surgery several times before finally having to resort to a hysterectomy. While they were planning the hysterectomy I got pregnant (just to complicate things more! LOL) but had no problems with the pregnancy or the delivery. Shortly after giving birth the stuff went "nuts" and began wrapping around everything so they had to do a hysterectomy to eliminate it. The pain wasn't so much a problem for me as the bleeding was. I was lucky to go 3 days out of the month that I wasn't bleeding which caused iron deficiency and weakness as in passing out frequently. I was upset when I found out I would have to have a hysterectomy at 27 years old but I was blessed with two non problematic pregnancies and felt so much better afterwards.