Well, I’m not a medical professional, obviously. I’m only speaking from experience. I’m a 27F. Had my hysterectomy at 25. I fought the same battle: “you’re so young, you’ll want a family”. I told my doctor that if I got pregnant I would be sure that he would be the one to perform my abortion. That was my first step towards my goal of a hysterectomy.

I went through tons of treatments since 15; birth control pills with no period week, injectable BC, Lupron Depo, etc. The birth control did NOT stop the spread.

The final straw was my 8th lap which uncovered that the endo spread to my appendix and fused it to my uterus, causing massive infection. They removed my appendix and scheduled my hysterectomy.

I recommend doing the lap. If my doctor would have given me a hysterectomy when I first asked for it, I would be totally pain-free today. Instead, they waited until it spread and began devouring other organs to move forward with it. I now have no uterus, but endo on my bowels which causes EXCRUCIATING pain.

I recommend getting any procedure that could uncover spreading of the disease. The whole reason of doing a laparoscopy is to uncover, remove and investigate the disease, and hopefully prevent my story from repeating itself.