One thing I hear all the time is "Can't you just have a hysterectomy" to help your symptoms or cure endometriosis? The short answer is no! Before I explain why that is, you have to understand what Endo is exactly. Endometriosis is a lifelong condition that appears outside of the uterus. It looks like tissue from the inside of the uterus it's very similar only growing on the outside instead of the inside. That is why a hysterectomy isn't a cure and often doesn't help the person suffering from it unless of course the main symptoms were confined to the time of their period. Unfortunately, endometriosis is a medical condition that doesn't have a cure as of right now, doctors still don't know enough about it and only have theories as to what causes it, it is still being researched and studied. Endometriosis is described as a whole-body disease. Now, some people, do get relief however most likely that's because the majority of their pain from the cond...
The last couple of days have been tough for my endometriosis! It started yesterday I went to bed at almost 3am cause I am a night owl and was woken up by a beeping sound. Turns out our Carbon Monoxide alarm was beeping and my cat was trying to hide from the loud sounds. At first, I started to freak out & stress out because I had just woken up, I thought it was beeping 4 times which would signify an emergency and meant that it was detecting carbon monoxide so it really freaked me out. I frantically called my husband to let him know what was going on & asked if it was beeping before he left for work that morning and he had said "No, it wasn't" he listened to the beeping through the phone and told me it sounded like 5 beeps not 4...so did a quick google search to find out 5 beeps means either it needs new batteries or the whole system is expired and needs replaced. I thought hey didn't we just have the batteries replaced. So, I got on the computer and put in a w...