What were YOUR symptoms to adeno and / or endo?!

Im trying to solve my puzzle while waiting for my gyn appoitment. So looking to hear if my many sypmtoms sound familiar or not!

Thanks

my endo symptoms:

chronic pelvic pain,

tugging feeling across pelvis, from right to left

fatigue; lower back pain

no pain during sex; just didn't want to have sex

lots of pain during ovulation; crippling, double over pain

pain during BM

pain late at night when my body would relax. no extra pain during period, no extra or prolonged bleeding

diagnosed 10 years ago with laproscopy (sp?), also had adhesions and twisted left tube

Oh, boy, where to begin??

First of all, some of the characteristic symptoms of adenomyosis are: heavy bleeding that doesn't seem to end -- a period will go on with spotting in between; passing clots (very suspicious for adeno); back pain and rectal pain (can be a sign that the uterus is tipped, or "retroflexed"). You may be anemic, too, which can lead to other symptoms.

Like AK, I would have pain that would have doubled me over -- I would just keep breathing through it, as it would often occur while I was with patients (crumpling to the floor in agony not being an option ). Even now, if I don't take my Prometrium, I get searing pain through my pelvis; luckily with me, it never lasts more than half an hour or so, and it's still MUCH better than it ever was before!

Hope this helps! We have a Resources Forum with links to a lot of endo and adeno information; especially good is the Endometriosis Association's website (linked in "Endo/Adeno Resources").

Good luck to you, and I hope you're finding the answers you seek.



Audrey