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I don't know how I feel about this story. I can't imagine my husband acting the way that her partner did. I'm glad that everything worked out with their baby and their relationship. My husband has been wonderful about my endo. and has been with me for years and supported my choice for hysterectomy. We were never able to have children.

I've had problems since I was 12 when I got my first period! It was not until I was 18, after suffering so much with such major pain, migraines, my legs going numb, passing out and so many trips to the ER, that my mom took me to our family general practicioner/surgeon that he had sent me for blood work and an abdominal and intravaginal ultrasounds... See More. It was then that they had found I have a bicornuate uterus. It was then that I began seeing specialists to treat that, that the first one I seen said I most likely had endometriosis with that. I bounced from specialist to specialist trying this drug and that drug, the shots, and even went as far as trying a vaginal suppository that had to be specially made/compounded. Nothing seemed to help, but made things worse. Then I found a doctor willing to do the surgery! But, he told my mom and me that it would not guareentee me getting better. It worked for a year until symptoms came back and I had to have the surgery again. He told us that I would have to have the surgery every year until I became old enough or the endo had done enough damage, to have a hysterectomy. No chance of me getting pregnant. I decided to just keep taking pain pills and deal with the pain as much as I could on my own, until july 2006 I found out I was pregnant, unfortunately I lost the baby at 3 1/2 months pregnant. I concieved again in may 2007 and had weekly visits to my gyne and ultrasounds galore... I delivered emergency c-section jan 2008 and had a beautiful baby girl, 3 weeks premature with some complications, but doing better now.... I want to help in any way I can, because what they say that pregnancy cures everything, it don't cure this, I still have problems with my endo. And yes, I too had done all the fertility testings and had no luck. Please let me know what I can do to help!!!

I never got pain relief in all 5 times I was on Lupron, and now I think after all the years of forcing hormones up and down and all about, I think my body doesn't know what to do any more, even after a hysterectomy. We need something that works naturally, not synthetically.

I went through 2 rounds of Lupron for my endo. This drug helps some women, but my symptoms became worse while on the drug; there was some improvement to my endo after the drug was out of my system. It was too harsh for me. I'd been diagnosed w/ endo since 1994, had 3 laps in addition to the Lupron and this year I had a hysterectomy. There needs to be better alternatives for pain management for this disease besides what is currently out there.

Although Lupron did ease my pains of endometriosis, The horrible hot flashes and throbbing headaches were so not worth it! It also increased my blood pressure, and I hardly went anywhere because I never knew when I'd break out in pools of sweat, or in uncontrollable sobbing. Lupron destroyed my life faster in 6 months than endo in a lifetime. This should NEVER be an option!

I need to send my kit back, however I lost the family history form =( Is there anyway I can get another one to be able to send my sample back?

Ashleigh, I have sent you a link to a blank Family History form. Please let us know if you need anything else. Thanks!

I have shared this information with not only my gynecologist but also my neurologist because thier is a huge percentage of women with endo who also suffer from migraines.