I originally thought my Appendix ruptured when I first was diagnosed with it. With my flares, my symptoms range from Sharp stabbing pain that makes me unable to stand, often combined with a migraine and nausea. Then there’s the one, dull throbbing pain for about...
En lire plusMy first symptom was a constant pain on the right side (3 times mistaken by appendicitis). Then, it would be the infamous endo belly, the pressure of a balloon growing and pressing my insides. Pain while peeing and pooping. After that, it only got worse....
En lire plusMy Endometriosis symptoms are as follows: PAIN: in my pelvic area, travelling down my leg, ribcage, Lower back, tip of my shoulder blade, nausea, dry heaving, dizziness and fatigue....
En lire plusEndometriosis lead me to years of suffering . Lead me to a life of depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and many trips to the already over crowded and busy emergency department. Made me miss work a lot, robbed me of spending quality time with my kids...
En lire plusThe pain and effects on my life triggered depression so in addition to having to deal with bad pain I had to deal with clinical depression. My sleep was affected because of the pain, my sex life, my family and friends life, everything. Since my...
En lire plusMy family doctor dismissed my pain for 2-3 years saying everyone experiences cramping. I tried to tell him that there was "no way this is normal!". As a teenager I started to need to visit the emergency department for pain management during menstruation. I was...
En lire plusIt's been years I had been experiencing the symptoms, went in/out ER when the pain is intolerable. During my ER visits and series of ultrasounds, there's a visible big cyst in my right ovary, doctors including my old family doctor told me the cyst will...
En lire plusI have had to leave work on very busy days, on days I was in the middle of training. I have missed special occasions because I have been bed ridden. I have had to cancel appointments because I was unsure of whether my upcoming period...
En lire plusEndometriosis has affected my day-to-day life first starting when I was a teenager and missing school a lot because of pain and not being able to move or get out of bed, to my young adult life where it started affecting my ability to hold...
En lire plusThis disease is like no other; Prior to excision surgery, I daily felt like I was being impaled by a tree branch in my abdomen coupled with feeling like my back was being sawed in half. I also had extreme fatigue, “foggy brain”, migraines, unpredictable...
En lire plusI have anxiety because I'm always anticipating pain. I'm afraid to be in public alone when a flare up hits. Sometimes something as simple as urinating gives me anxiety because pain usually follows. I've suffered from depression on and off because of my limitations. Sometimes...
En lire plusMy symptoms come and go, are sometimes vague, and difficult to connect with any definitive imaging or testing. I've been on Visanne for the past couple of years which has definitely helped decrease the severity of my symptoms but not get rid of them...
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