Young, broke, and in pain

I am 23 with a history of endometriosis, large ovarian cysts, uterine polyps, and suspected adenomyosis. To complicate things my kidneys are located behind my left ovary and when I have large cysts it presses on my kidneys and causes them to not function well. I have had multiple surgeries. I have been to an endometriosis specialist and have had excision surgery. I have tried many different types of birth control, but nothing has worked. I was in the ER this last month for a large cyst that ruptured on my left ovary and caused my kidneys to hemorrhage. I am in so much pain all the time I can barely function. I just graduated from college, don’t have a job or insurance. At this point a hysterectomy is the only thing that I believe I can do. I went to the doctor today and he would not listen to anything I said, he just said I should try a different birth control and wait till I am 35 to have a hysterectomy. Not only am I in pain all of the time, but I am afraid I am going to have permanent damage of my kidneys. I need to find a doctor that will listen, if anyone can help on how to find a good doctor, it would be much appreciated, thank you.

hi,
if you check out the endo forum, at the top there are "stickys" and one of them has info on how to find an endo specialist. there is some good info there even if you aren't looking for an endo specialist specifically.

Sae7706 - hi sweetie. I'm sorry you are going through this. You sound like a strong young woman who needs some better medical advice. Are you near a good, perhaps university, hospital with a urogyn dept? The local community hospital may have wonderful docs, but you need to make sure you are receiving the best care you can to coordinate all these things. Don't know your doc, but maybe you need a younger and female gyn to consult with. A shortcut away from the type of response you got. Good luck to you, hon!