endometriosis

all is well from pastabake 1157 days old

Well, while I'm up late at night trying to cool down enough to get some sleep, I might as well update this old thing. I had my op. Last week. It went ...

diclofenac from pastabake 1199 days old

Monster drug. I took diclofenac for about eight months, three times a day, 150mg in total. It was the only pill that took the edge off the joint and ...

the next installment of Pastabake's great endometriosis adventure from pastabake 1233 days old

Alright, so I'm wise-cracking in the previous post. Actually the doc I saw today, one of my gyno's team, not Mr A himself, was pretty cool actually. ...

on the eve of a medical appointment from pastabake 1233 days old

It's finally my gyno appointment tomorrow, when hopefully I get to find out if I'm going to have an op or not. How long have I waited? Is it about four ...

oh hello, endo, where have you been? from pastabake 1240 days old

I'm spotting almost like a proper period. It might be why my symptoms have been so crazy lately, because pre and during my period (when I had them) ...

Bananas from pastabake 1337 days old

[ ... ] has also upset the Endometriosis symptoms, unless they are just generally getting worse. I had an awful day on Saturday. I kept trying to go ...

Ultrasound from pastabake 1342 days old

On Friday I had the ultrasound at the hospital. Not a pleasant thing to have done, but I got chatting to a slightly crazed lady whilst waiting, who was ...

"treatment options remain largely ineffective". No shit! from pastabake 1350 days old

[ ... ] jobs due to illness; 37% had reduced their working hours; and 23% had changed their jobs." http://www.endometriosis.org/press15september05.html

The True Hell of Endometriosis. from pastabake 1402 days old

[ ... ] hormonal. At a guess, my endometriosis has become so prolific again that I am fucked until I can get myself operated on again. But, really, I ...

Hurrah for normality! from pastabake 1453 days old

My God, I'm alright. Aside from being awake until 3am and not getting up until 2pm this afternoon, I'm alright. The bloating has gone, it doesn't hurt ...