Hang in there! Keep working towards your goals and don't let anyone or anything get in your way! 
I was diagnosed with IBS-D about 11 years ago, but have dealt with it for most of my life. I was raised on a high fat, everything fried, meat and potatoes diet...and I'm sure that didn't help things. The doctor told my mom that I just had a "nervous stomach". I just ate what everyone else in my family ate and paid the price. If I didn't want certain foods, I was told to quit being picky and eat a little bit of everything on the supper table. Not that my parents were bad parents, they weren't, that's just the way they were raised and so they passed that on to my brother and I. They didn't understand.
As I got older and lived on my own, I was able to eat more of the things that "agreed" with me and my tummy....although I still cooked like my mom cooked because that was what I was raised on....I didn't realize I had IBS-D until my late 20's. Now when I go to my parents house or my In-Laws...everyone makes sure there is something at the meal that I can eat. I appreciate it, but I still wish that it didn't have to be that way...that I could just eat what everyone else does so that the attention isn't put on me because of what I can and can't eat. But, that's the way it is....otherwise I pay for it. And I do sometimes just go ahead and eat what everyone else is eating just to get the focus off me and feel normal...until I pay for it later.
I was able to go away to college, get a degree and obtain a good job regardless of having IBS-D....it wasn't easy at times...but I did it. And so can you! Keep up the good work! We somehow just do what we need to do.
I also know how you feel with the endometreosis. I was diagnosed with it back in September last year after battling irregular periods, pain, etc. A mass the size of a tennis ball was found on my right ovary and a hysterectomy was required. Once inside, the doctor/surgeon found more cysts on my tubes and right ovary as well as lots of endometreosis. Everything was "stuck down" due to the endometreosis. So everything had to come out. Luckily there was no cancer. I felt great for the first three months after surgery, and then started battling hormone imbalance issues. So now I am trying to get all the hormones balanced with bioidentical compounded hormone creams. It's a long tough road at times, but it can be done. So, I feel for you on the menopause issues, too.
I just wanted you to know that I know how you feel. Hang in there! Things will get better. Stay strong!
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