I started this on a facebook support group once. You KNOW you have Endometriosis WHEN..... (go ahead and have fun here. List those signs where you know fun/serious that you have it)
- you can't wear white pants because your period bleeds through the actual jeans
- Your pill container has more pain meds than other medications you take if any
-you have an In Case of Emergency app on your smart phone listing your surgery
-you've quit jobs to avoid being fired
-you laugh at doctors who ask your… read more
You've been to the ER too many times, so you bring a bag of stuff with you...ipad, iPhone, headphones. That stuff. Maybe I should create an ER playlist. Only half joking.
-you know your gynecologist on a first name bases and have considered adding them to your Christmas card list.
-you've been on almost every birth control in the world trying to get your hormones leveled out
-you know the ultrasound lady too because they always want to check for a cyst despite knowing your medical history
You wish Endo and ovarian cysts on a friend's soon to be ex husband who is one of the biggest jerks on the planet.
You have your own vocabulary to describe words. In the ER: "I feel cysty" to describe the feeling of ovarian cysts.
"No, I'm not masturbating. I'm applying lotion to my scar tissue and plucking out hairs from there." How is it possible that hairs there are THAT itchy?!?!