I am sorry to hear you have been diagnosed with endometriosis but I hope we can offer you some helpful information and support.
No, especially not at your age.
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Is the shot better?
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What shot and what would be the purpose of it?
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Can you be on hormone therapy forever and never have to get another surgery?
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What do you mean by hormone therapy and what types of surgery are you asking about? No hormone therapy cures endometriosis if that is what you are asking -- none, not Lupron, not aromatase inhibitors, not progestin (Depo Provera), etc. and many of those come with significant side effects.
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Now that I do I want to be proactive and get as much advice from my fellow sisters on what the best option is for someone my age.
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The best advice we can give you is to find an endometriosis specialist before making any decisions. Based on your questions, it seems you are not seeing one.
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Going into menopause so early scares me and it's very frustrating to have to make this decision at this age.
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Menopause at your age is scary and comes with some long term, even permanent, health risks.
I was diagnosed with stage IV endo at the age of 25. Because my uterus was covered with it and I had some bleeding issues we couldn't resolve, I did have a hysterectomy. However, I did not have my ovaries removed. My local OB/GYN knew that hormones were important for my overall health, in spite of my endometriosis. As he was not an endo specialist, he was not able to remove all of my endo -- specifically, he had to leave some on my bowel walls. He was an excellent surgeon, but he didn't use an excision method.
Some years later, I traveled to a nationally recognized endometriosis specialist for surgery. He used an excision method to clean up all the existing endo -- both the old and the new as well as what was on my bowel walls. Again, my ovaries were not removed as hormones are so critical to overall health. That surgery was in 2008 and today I am still endo pain and symptom free with two functioning ovaries.
The key to treating endometriosis is having the endo itself skillfully removed. Unfortunately, most doctors simply can't do that and too many assume no hormones means no endo. But it doesn't. For one, endo can create its own estrogen and survive just find in women who have no ovaries and who use no hormone therapy.
I would suggest you take some time to learn more about endometriosis and do your best to consult with an endometriosis specialist. There aren't many, which is one reason why many of them do phone consultations so that women can "meet" them before choosing to travel for treatment. My own specialist will even do video conferencing so you can have a "face to face" meeting long distance.
To get you started, we have several
Endometriosis Articles you can read through with a lot of information you could find helpful as you move forward. It's not simple -- endometriosis is a complicated condition with many misconceptions about it that many can't treat as well as we need them to. But taking some time now to learn all you can will help you make better decisions for yourself for now and the long haul.