I'll apologize in advance for the goofy subject line, but I'm trying to start a thread ... not join one.
I've been lurking here for a few weeks ... ever since I scheduled my surgery. I've gotten much information and even support already even though I haven't posted!
I've been putting this off for a year or two, but have finally come to the conclusion that my quality of life is worth more than the risk of the surgery.
My personal road began not quite 20 years ago with recurrent simple ovarian cysts. These were extremely painful while growing and when they ruptured, but they tended to resolve on their own.
10 years ago I had a complex cyst that didn't rupture on it's own and required surgery. I had my first laparoscopy and was diagnosed with Stage IV endometriosis. He cleaned up the endo that was all over my bowel, uterus, and bladder and removed the cyst. Since then I've had 4 more cystectomies for complex cysts (with endo clean-up done as well) and more ruptured cysts than I care to try to count.
All I know is I'm tired of being broadsided by a cyst, the rupture of one, or just the general discomfort (ranging from 1 to 6 or 7 on a 10 point scale) of the endo. The cysts strike from no where ... pain that takes me off my feet and keeps me down for days sometimes. I'm tired of answering the questions when I'm limping from the pain in my side/back - "What'd you do your back?", "What's wrong with your foot?", "What happened to your knee?"
I was blessed with a daughter 4 years ago, and I can't let these few parts of my body control so much of what I can and cannot do -- both with her and for her. It's time to let them go ... and hopefully move on to a much better future.
I have an LSH/BSO scheduled for June 5th and am both apprehensive and anticipating.