Hey guys, just after some advice... Always had painful heavy periods & they made me so poorly, I'd have back & leg pain, painful bowel movements the lot but just thought it was normal for periods as heavy painful periods run in my family. Went on the pill 8 years ago and I do experience pain but it settled for a bit. A few years ago I started having really painful sex, breakthrough bleeding & pain on my left side (sort of where my ovary would be) and it would come out of nowhere & stop me walking sometimes because it was so painful. Long story short I ended up under gyny and had a laparoscopy at the end of 2018. He told me that I had endo scarring on my left side but said he had no other concerns and I was discharged there & then, it was straight after my surgery and tbh I was just so relieved they hadn't found cancer (I've had a string of abnormal smears & treatments for this) that I dismissed it. Fast forward a few years and I still experience painful sex, I get terrible pain in my lower back, hips, groin and back of my legs, I get pain before I urinate and when I urinate and other symptoms that I just never clicked. Anyway, I've put it back to my Dr and waiting for a phone consult but just wanted some advice really because I don't understand the scarring but never receiving an official diagnosis. Plus, I feel kinda guilty for going to the GP as I know so many women with endo that are in so much more pain than I am. Does it sound like I'm putting 2 & 2 together & getting 6 or is it worth persevering with the Dr's? I'm just at the end of my tether.
Sorry if this doesn't make sense, I've just had a brain spill!