This is the harsh reality of living with Endometriosis, living with chronic pain and the effects of this insidious disease that affects 1 in 10 women, What is Endometriosis? Find out more here.
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Two weeks post op & a wound that won’t heal
Two weeks post op and unfortunately part of my wound is not healing and keeps opening up.
1 day post op, leaving ICU
Despite spending the night in ICU which is always fun, tubes everywhere, lots of machines buzzing and beeping and observations every hour and nurses talking loudly I managed about an hours sleep...
Surgery day is here!
The day is finally here, months in the waiting, lots of tears but the day is here. It's strange, the lead up I am anxious and feel so stressed but once the day comes a strange sense of calm comes over me.
One week to go for surgery
So just one week to go till surgery and the anxiety is building. I think sometimes the lead up us worse, the fear, the stress and the anxiety of what will be.
Start of the journey – Endometriosis surgery (op 46 or 47?)
So it's that time again, surgery time. I have honestly lost track if this is surgery number 46 or 47. But it's a big one. This one is to remove Endometriosis, repair some hernias and adhesion's and potentially remove a mass on the liver.
Hysterectomy is not a cure for Endometriosis
Hysterectomy is not a cure for Endometriosis yet so many women are led to believe that it is. Unfortunately media and many medical practitioners still believe this outdated theory (along with many other myths).
