At Woolies, woman freaking out in the beauty isle as this little fella and regular customer looks for the animal food.
The Little Pieces: Endometriosis (re)Defined
Pretty sure the REAL meaning of endometriosis is:
“live in chronic pain until you hit menopause or get yourself a hysterectomy.”
OR
“get your hopes up and have them crushed.”Vote?
It’s amazing how one stupid post bring you so far down.
I don’t have a lot going for me…I’m so sorry this brought you down…The point is, eventually the pain will stop. One day, somehow.
I know…I was just feeling crap, then I reached the endo tag and got about 876458165473 text posts with that main message of “It’s not gonna get better.” I’m really sorry if I made you feel bad, or anything, I shouldn’t have ranted. lesson learned, just cause everyone needs to vent, doesn’t mean there isn’t good too.
One day it’ll change, for both of us. We’ll have our kiddies and ditch this stupid illness and our tumblr rants will be about sticky little kid fingermarks being left on our screens.
❤
Yes, our ranting will move from endometriosis to whining kids, horrible teachers, bad education system and the endless washing 😛 I actually had a good, relatively pain-free day! So there is hope 😀
She might have looked glamorous but Marilyn Monroe spent much of her life in chronic pain, suffering miscarriages and becoming addicted to pain killers – which eventually played a part in her death. She had endometriosis; a little understood but common disease of the female pelvis.
ABC Health & Wellbeing
The Little Pieces: Endometriosis (re)Defined
Pretty sure the REAL meaning of endometriosis is:
“live in chronic pain until you hit menopause or get yourself a hysterectomy.”
OR
“get your hopes up and have them crushed.”Vote?
It’s amazing how one stupid post bring you so far down.
I don’t have a lot going for me…
I’m so sorry this brought you down, to bring people down wasn’t my intention. Your laparoscopy may give pain relief. My first one did – second one didnt, hence the negative reply. I’m waiting for babies so I can get rid of my uterus and have no endometrial tissue, so no endo!. The point is, eventually the pain will stop. One day, somehow.
Endometriosis (re)Defined
Pretty sure the REAL meaning of endometriosis is:
“live in chronic pain until you hit menopause or get yourself a hysterectomy.”
OR
“get your hopes up and have them crushed.”Vote?
“Get you hopes up and have them crushed” is a recurring theme in my life since Endo. Not just treatments failing to work, but having to constantly cancel plans and reevaluate my life goals. It’s constant hope crushing.
You are so right! So much more than the pain!
Alexandra Ellen: Laparoscopy
windsweptyellowstickiesofmymind:
So, I had a laparoscopy nearly 2 weeks ago, with the hope of emerging pain free (after recovery of course). The last one I had gave me 6 months relief, which is what I was expecting this time….
Now, I understand it has only been two weeks, but 6 days ago I was feeling great and thought I was…
While some lucky people get relief from laparoscopies, it’s not a guarantee. I pain was milder for about 4 months but then I went right back to being in excruciating pain, if not worse than before. Just keep trying other treatments and hopefully one will work for you. Or you could be like me and try everything available and not get any relief 😦
Thanks, went to the specialists who has basically left me feeling hopeless about it all. Starting gluten free then dairy free diet as recommended by my natropath. Did you try anything like that?
1st laparsocopy was a success, 2nd not so much 😦
Endometriosis (re)Defined
Pretty sure the REAL meaning of endometriosis is:
“live in chronic pain until you hit menopause or get yourself a hysterectomy.”
OR
“get your hopes up and have them crushed.”
Vote?
Laparoscopy
So, I had a laparoscopy nearly 2 weeks ago, with the hope of emerging pain free (after recovery of course). The last one I had gave me 6 months relief, which is what I was expecting this time….
Now, I understand it has only been two weeks, but 6 days ago I was feeling great and thought I was cured from this wretched chronic pain. Unfortunately, after Friday, the pain has escalated, and it’s agony. Only by the grace if God have I been able to type this after completing hours of work.
So, what now? Wait with hope that next week will be better? Begin planning to make extra adjustments in my life that I was avoiding, in case the surgery worked?
On top of this I need to now manage another diagnosis, which came to light a few weeks ago… but more on that next time.
The moral of this blog: endometriosis is unpredictable, unrelenting and uncontrollable. On the plus side, I continue to rely on Jesus to get through life every day, literally.
Good Moring world!!
The Weight Loss Begins
A week ago I had my second visit to the gym trainer. I’d lost 3.1kg in a month – which, considering the rate I’ve put on weight over the last 2 years, I am pretty stoked. I must confess, my tummy hasn’t really changed, but my legs and butt have shrunk! All my pants “look” like they are hanging off me! I love optical illusions!
How you may ask?
1) Convenience – I invested in Lite’n’Easy, which means I eat a healthy/balanced diet by literally putting food in the microwave and eating. It’s great! I also allow myself to indulge occasionally 🙂 I also go to a gym that’s really close 🙂
2) Good pain killers – I have finally started taking a decent dose of a decent pain killer, making walking and other exercises less painful.
3) Routine – I have been going to the gym. I nearly gave up after the first couple of times, as it left me in excruciating pain and barely able to move… but after some good advice I only do 20 mins (10 on the arm thing, 5 on the bike and 5 on the treadmill and cross-trainer) of exercise and even though it’s not much, it’s regular. It has made a huge difference!
4) Support/Encouragement – relying on Christ strength and his love for me has given me a new motivation to break the hold Endo has had on my life. The support and encouagement of my family and friends have kept me going too; it’s nice when they say, “hey, you’ve lost weight!” *SCORE*!
5) Rest – if I am in too much pain to exercise, I don’t. If I need to sleep, I do and I don’t beat myself up over it!… well, I try really, really hard not to!
Yippie! Wanted to share as I say “screw you endo – you can’t control my life any more.”
Ps. There are and will continue to be days where I fail miserably – but again, I know I have unconditional love and forgiveness to get me through!
Breaking Stigma 