ENDOMETREOSIS

May of 2010 I was diagnosed with Endometriosis, after having Lapriscopic surgery. I was very lucky and they were able to clear away all the adhesions, which then followed with a pregnancy, a miscarriage, then getting pregnant again shortly after the miscarriage with Macie (after 4 years of trying), then a year of no period from nursing and then getting pregnant with Wade. Since I only nursed Wade for 2 months my period came back right away. For those that don't know what Endometriosis is, it is a build up of adhesion inside your body, mostly on your uterus, but can expand all over the body if it gets really bad. They build up every time you have your cycle. Any women that has it has different side effects, but the most common are heavy bleeding, unbearable cramps and pain in your lower stomach. These past 7-8 months my periods have become unbearable. I have been cycling every 14 days, and have a  good 7-10 days of having bleeding, passing clots the size of golf balls. As well some of the worst cramping I have ever had. I don't know why it has gotten so out of control but I finally decided it was time to get it under control. I went and saw my OBGYN and he had some big concerns. With how frequent and heavy my periods were becoming, if we can't get them under control then we would have to consider a hysterectomy. Both me and the Doctor didn't want to go this route as I am still young. So he talked about some extreme lifestyle changes.
1. Is the crazy Endometriosis diet, the list is smaller of what I can eat then what I can't. Even after we hopefully get your periods under control, you should somewhat always stick to this diet.

2. Birth control non-stop, meaning I never take the white pills, meaning I never bleed. This would not be a permanent thing, only for 6 months to a year. (this one scares me the most as the last time I went on birth control it was the worst experience of my life)

3. This one is the only one that excites me, he wants me to be exercising on a daily basis, and not only exercising every day but hard cardio. Good long runs, bike rides, swimming, work out classes. It can help periods slow down and as well not be as heavy.

After the year is up I will be taken of the birth control and see from there how my periods are doing, if they are under control and not as heavy and not as frequent, and they stay that way until I hit metapause then we should be OK. If not then talk of surgery might be in my future. They say women who have Endometriosis are the only women we want hitting metapause at a younger age.

This past year in a half has been on of the most challenging years of my life and I hope the decision to quit my job and focus on my health and children is the right decision. Some people might wonder why I would write about such a personal thing, mostly for my children's sake, so when they look back and read my blog books, they see the difficulties and challenges there parents went through and that they were able to over come them and live through them.