Dear Lula, Do not worry.  You have taken the first step  and are seeing a doctor.  I had cervical cancer when I was 42 years old.  I am now almost 81!

Endometriosis is notoriously difficult to have diagnosed.  I was lucky in a way.  Don't be alarmed - but a psychic (a very good one) told me years before  I would need to investigate it.  I had the op in 1984. A complete hysterectomy.  Things were a lot easier then  and the pandemic was unheard of and appointments were much easier to see your doctor.  I took myself off to a family planning clinic and was told there were 'abnormal cells'.  After that I saw my GP and the operation was arranged.

From there I had a procedure where a tiny hole is made near your belly button which I didn't find painful, but it left a tiny mark.   And that's  how I was diagnosed.  I took myself from where I lived in Essex to the hospital in London by train (now long since closed).

I did not have a supportive husband (just the opposite) and that's why I made the journey alone.

The hospital discovered I had 'chocolate' ovaries and also polycystic ovary syndrome, besides two "tumours".  The operation was a complete success - although it took a while, apparently.

On leaving the hospital I was told I would need to be on medication which was delivered through the skin - an  oestrogen 'patch' which I didn't find uncomfortable at all. I used it for a few years.

I wish you all the best at your appointment and hope that if you Do need an operation they will not make you wait too long.

love from Goosgog

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