Well, this is the thing. Something came to mind per my last post. Endometriosis doesn't really "clear up." It stops GROWING when menstruation ceases. Actually, I'm not sure it does. I think I read that the doctors don't know if it stops growing when menstruation ceases. For it to keep growing after menstruation ceases doesn't make sense to me. Anyway, whatever endometrial tissue is stuck inside after menstruation ceases remains inside. My surgeon said he "got most of it" years ago. Then, he wanted to put me on Lupron, a drug that back then cost $900 per month for six months. The decent insurance I had back then only covered $100 of the $900 per month. I read about Lupron and decided not to take it. I'm glad I did not. I took birth control and paid for it, monthly, for years. I paid on average $75 per month for birth control to control the growth of the endometriosis. Birth control made my cycles shorter and lighter, which in turn made the endometriosis grow less. Anyhow, after menopause, which I have not gone through, yet, I will still have the endometriosis stuck inside that has grown since the last surgery, unless I have another surgery. I'm hoping it doesn't get so bad that I need another surgery in the next six or more years.
Oh, Obamacare made the birth control free for the last two years or so. I'd been paying for it since 2009. Yeah, there ARE diseases that birth control helps. It helps slow the endometriosis, less menstruating, less endometriosis. But, Viagra will still be free, eh, when they repeal the Obamacare? -- I took myself off the birth control a couple months ago, though, because when I switched health insurance carriers to go back to school, the company messed up my prescription. I was thinking of sorting that out, soon, finding another doctor, because mine retired. Yes, I had found the best gynecologist after going through about six of them when I was younger. I found him in Cleveland. He did my surgery. He retired, and I moved away for school.
Ya know what. I think in a couple days, I will post all the tests doctors put me through over the years before I ended up in the Emergency Room. I had TEN YEARS of lower back pain. It became excruciating. Ask my best friend. I used to bite down on a towel when I went to the bathroom, sometimes, mostly when I was menstruating. This is not a diary entry, but it may be a bit much.
Oh, Obamacare made the birth control free for the last two years or so. I'd been paying for it since 2009. Yeah, there ARE diseases that birth control helps. It helps slow the endometriosis, less menstruating, less endometriosis. But, Viagra will still be free, eh, when they repeal the Obamacare? -- I took myself off the birth control a couple months ago, though, because when I switched health insurance carriers to go back to school, the company messed up my prescription. I was thinking of sorting that out, soon, finding another doctor, because mine retired. Yes, I had found the best gynecologist after going through about six of them when I was younger. I found him in Cleveland. He did my surgery. He retired, and I moved away for school.
Ya know what. I think in a couple days, I will post all the tests doctors put me through over the years before I ended up in the Emergency Room. I had TEN YEARS of lower back pain. It became excruciating. Ask my best friend. I used to bite down on a towel when I went to the bathroom, sometimes, mostly when I was menstruating. This is not a diary entry, but it may be a bit much.
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