Hi, I have found reading the stories very helpful and I hope this helps others, here goes...

I had suffered from problems with my periods for as long as I could remember. I used to swim seven days a week and thing weren’t too bad but when I stopped things became worse, heavy irregular periods, clots, pain; oh heck lots of pain. The worst was yet to come - over the past fifteen years I have had seven early miscarriages; on the last one the doctor insisted I had a D&C completed. Every time I was told there was nothing wrong; it was because I was over weight (I was 19 stone with a very heavy built frame). I stood my ground after having several breakdowns thinking I was going mad, and insisted on a second opinion. After three appointments I was told I had POCS and was put on Metformin to help but the pain increased each month and was getting worse.

It got to the point where I had about five days after bleeding when I felt great, then I could feel the egg moving round inside my tubes; it was unreal, doctors looked at me as if I was making it up, but then last August I went to my doctor with some unusual bleeding from my belly button; how shocked was I to find this when I was out shopping with my husband? She decided to refer me to a Gynae outpatient but the pain and bleeding increased and I was admitted to hospital where after several different scans, they decided that there was a problem; the consultant didn’t want to do a Laparoscopy due to my size and after I calmed down she stated that there wasn’t any point in putting me through an op to find out what she already knew... I have got endometriosis.

I have started treatment of an injection every three months and add back HRT. I have now got to come to terms with the fact I may not have children; this outweighs any pain I am going through and I am finding this the hardest to cope with, but I will just take one day at a time and see what happens.

Thank you for letting me ramble on but even just typing this has helped me.

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