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Hey Robyn,

That's terrible! What an awful experience to have to go through during a lap! I was pretty lucky, the procedure itself was a breeze, no complications, but my bad doctor story is that I had mine in a smaller town, and they didn't inform me that they had "diagnostic" equipment only (meaning nothing to remove any findings). So, they found endo everywhere, and couldn't laser or cauterize any of it! I was so mad, if I had known that, I would have gone to a bigger hospital to have the procedure.

I don't know if this will help you, but I love my doc and have had great luck with her (wish I could find a GI guy that good) and she said that even Tylenol 3s and advil won't touch endo pain. I remember because I was concerned about taking Advil and other ibprofens because they're hard on the gut, so I asked for T3 or Percocets and she said they won't be as good. So, I gave in and tried 375mg of Naproxen, and it really made a difference. Plus, you can take Tylenol with it, so you can take both if you have to. And this Bextra is supposed to be even better, so you may want to try it. Unfortunately, even with the painkillers I'm normally bedridden at least 3 days when my period hits, but it's definately better than before then.

Have you tried continuous cycle birth control pills? I wouldn't do the Depo because of the side effects, so I take my BC pills constantly for 3/4 months so that I don't get a period. That way I only have to have 3/4 periods a year instead of 12. It hasn't made the periods any better...but at least they don't come as often!

Good luck with everything, hope some of this is helpful!
Kelly

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