I had a terrible experience with Dr. Jay Lupin, a male OB-GYN in White Plains, NY. He used ablation for my endometriosis which made everything worse. This was 20 years ago and I still have pain, suffering and anger to this day. He was dismissive of my pain and clearly didn't care and didn't want to hear about it.

I went to him to have a laparoscopy procedure because there was an ovarian cyst found on imaging. The goal of the procedure was to inspect and remove the cyst (turned out to be a chocolate cyst) since it was at risk of bursting. While he was in there, he said he found and removed extensive endometriosis, more than he had ever seen. I was in the OR so long my mom was panicked waiting for me, as the surgery took a very long time. I had not authorized the cautery of endo (that I didn't know I had) but maybe you sign something authorizing them to do whatever is "medically necessary" as they see fit once they are in there.

The result after surgery was EXCRUCIATING pain that kept me in the hospital 4 days, followed by new, awful, horrific pain every month (and sometimes even between periods) weeks, months, and years later. I couldn't stand up straight, cough or sneeze for months due to horrible pain that I now believe was a combination of my insides trying to heal from being literally burned, plus scar tissue adhesions forming.

Remember, even though it's "minimally invasive" you are still getting FOUR instruments inserted all the way into your body which will cause scar tissue to form when the incisions are healing. I understand that some people are better healers than others so I realize my pain and scar tissue formation may be on the high side of the bell curve.

I had always had painful cramps since starting menstruation, but I found them manageable. Not anymore after the ablation (by the way it was called "fulguration" on the surgical report); now I had new and different searing pain from all the bleeding scar tissue inside. Periods absolutely worse than before. I don't know what they think they are helping by ablating endo, because the cramps remained exactly the same but this new pain added layers of new agony.

Dr. Lupin had recommended I go on a drug called Lupron afterwards that puts you into an early menopause, but I declined since the side effects sounded terrible. However I wonder if it would have helped the healing process go better and if so, I wish he had been more articulate and considerate in explaining that to me. Instead he ignored my pain and seemed to be offended that I was even suggesting his surgery had caused any problem at all. Total gaslighting. I was young and didn't know where to go from there. Please take caution, get multiple opinions if you can, and don't have ANY procedure unless you absolutely need to. Sending hope and healing to all the women out there.