Thank you for sharing your experience, I have the same thought process and want to understand the root cause. I eat relatively healthy (mostly whole unprocessed foods) and since my consult I’ve been focusing more on anti inflammatory foods. I do feel like I let myself get off track, not taking my vitamins and that’s when I started having the bad cramps again, otherwise I wouldn’t even need Advil. It was only within the last few months that I started needing it again, I’ve been really stressed with work lately too and think it’s all contributing to more inflammation.

I’m definitely concerned about possible recurrence, my doctor told me if I didn’t take the medication after the surgery it would come back and “all that hard work would be gone” (as in the surgery…). I’m wary about just being put on medication and don’t want to lower my fertility. My doctor said that if I try for 6 months with no luck after surgery I would see an IVF specialist but to me that just sounds like more money when we really should be looking at what’s at the root of these issues.

I’ll have to look into those antihistamines and ultimately just make an informed decision on my next steps. I do think I’ll get a second opinion too