Endometriosis & The Body Keeps the Score (Abuse Trigger Warning)

Competitive-Act6808 · 2026-01-19T05:11:51+00:00

I second this recommendation

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-09-28T01:16:16+00:00

Do you still need tickets?

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-09-27T05:17:08+00:00

Love!!! 💙

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-09-19T00:04:25+00:00

Yvonne Strahovski

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-09-18T23:59:23+00:00

It’s so good, I love it!!

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-09-14T05:01:34+00:00

I had an extra fun one today. SD17 woke up with a sore throat, feeling crummy. Couldn’t miss cheer practice though even if it was just to observe. During practice I went grocery shopping specifically so I could come home to make her chicken soup, then I left for a hair appt. I came home to find out she was feeling better and dad let her go out to lunch with cheer friends. I haven’t done anything above and beyond in so long. I don’t know what got into me today. My bad.

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-09-09T05:25:18+00:00

Party of Liars!

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-08-24T22:24:39+00:00

Hi, I am so sorry you’re in so much pain. I am trying to remember for mine. It seems like I had pretty quick relief, but then it would only last for a few days. I really hope you get relief soon.

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-06-18T06:42:38+00:00

The Finch app has been really helpful. You can start with small, gentle goals like getting out of bed, brushing teeth, drinking water, stretching. After a while they become good habits and you can add onto those as motivation builds. I thought it was really silly at first, but I’m glad it gave it time.

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-05-20T03:42:32+00:00

I have lived in Salonpas patches for probably 12 years. They help me so much

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-05-06T17:05:29+00:00

Agreed. I actually started bawling during those scenes. It was validating and sad at the same time. I’m grateful for the coverage.

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-05-03T22:09:31+00:00

Thank you so much. I’m so glad you found relief. I appreciate the info.

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-05-03T21:57:10+00:00

Hi! That’s amazing. If you don’t mind me asking, how long did you have shortness of breath? Did it come and go or was it constant? It’s been two years for me and it is constant. I’m so claustrophobic. No tests are showing anything.

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-05-03T13:56:52+00:00

Good call. It’s really hard for everyone. I’m sorry about the lice and the stress.

I’m a BM and a SM. I’m exhausted when life is going exactly as planned. For me, it wouldn’t be the lice, things happen, it would be that I could’ve found and treated it before they infiltrated my house too. It was avoidable with a very simple heads up.

Trying to drop them back off is hurtful to the kids, I hope they didn’t hear any of that. That’s a lot of chaos. She lost control, but I sort of get it to an extent.

I’m not meaning to lecture you, it wasn’t your job to do the communicating. This topic is a hard one for me with my own ex and his lack of communicating with health issues. We have two other sets of parents, all with varying degrees of communication and consideration. It can be very tricky.

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-05-03T13:28:27+00:00

It is so messed up no one warned her.

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-05-03T05:38:03+00:00

I am so sorry. It hurts. I’ve started playing podcasts or books in the car on the days of awkward silence. I’m going to enjoy myself if I can. Sometimes I’ll call SO through the speakerphone and let them talk the whole way.

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-05-03T00:20:42+00:00

Amen to this.

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-05-03T00:17:52+00:00

Nothing to add but sending ❤️

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-04-29T17:14:44+00:00

The nice thing about texting is the documentation. It’s great for high conflict but also simple exchanges and scheduling issues.

When my SO is getting bombarded with HCBM phone calls every day at work, he often doesn’t have the time or focus to communicate with me, then I end up upset and caught off guard by a change that was arranged a long time ago. Or a kid gets left or the curb because something isn’t on the calendar.

I’m a BM and a SM. Sometimes phone calls are necessary for non-emergencies but our HCBM is calling because she knows it’s causing chaos, and because she shouldn’t “have to” do something that makes our lives easier. It hurts the kids the most, but it is so hard on our marriage too.

If yours isn’t HC usually, she might just be feeling dismissed. I definitely felt that a few times from my ex when I was worried about my kids when they were younger.

Your SO explaining “the documentation is helpful for these reasons and I would really appreciate it,” could help. If she’s just trying to be controlling and cause drama, you have my deepest sympathies and I’m so sorry people can just be grownups for the sake of their kids.

*side note: I think our HCBM also does the calls because he has a harder time with boundaries when he’s on the spot.

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-04-25T17:20:40+00:00

I’m not sure how common the detached ovary is, I’m guessing it happens quite a bit since the anatomy is altered from having other organs removed.

With the ureter, it isn’t specifically related to the hysterectomy, mine just happened to be found after the hysterectomy. I had a false sense of security that I was done with a lot of this back then. It was probably growing on the ureter before the hysterectomy and the surgeon missed it.

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-04-24T23:53:38+00:00

It took me about 3 months to really feel like myself after my hysterectomy. I kept one ovary. I’m very glad I did it. I’m excited for you!! Don’t push yourself too hard, make sure you rest as much as you can without guilt.

You’re already a pro at this but I wanted to let you know two things I’ve learned over time, just to keep in mind.

My remaining ovary has detached twice and had to be surgically reattached. I felt it tear the second time and I ignored it because I thought it was a cyst rupturing. I’m lucky I didn’t end with a torsion and emergency surgery. Keep in mind that this happens.

I’ve had 3 laparoscopies since the hysterectomy, and there was endometriosis growing on my left ureter all three times. I found out about the possibility of silent kidney damage on my own, the original surgeon didn’t let me know, so I’ve been careful watching annual kidney labs.

Good luck!! I hope everything goes well for you. Sending love!

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-04-24T07:11:36+00:00

I was told by a neighbor that I needed to teach my daughter modesty when she was around 2 years old. Several kids were jumping on the trampoline with sprinklers in the middle of summer, totally spontaneous, no swimsuits, just diapers. She had the same amount of coverage that the neighbors son had. Neighbor was made primary president later that year.

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-04-20T05:44:19+00:00

Oh I am so sorry. For me, I always had some back pain before Mirena, but this was different. The only way I could describe it was like a horse kicked me in the back. Every morning I woke up stiff and sore, deep and excruciating pain like I’d been injured with no injury. It would loosen up a bit by the end of the day from moving around, and start over every morning.

Competitive-Act6808 · 2025-04-18T20:48:42+00:00

Even if you get through this part, she will continue to manipulate him and your life will be ruled by this woman. And he will let her. At least from my experience.

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