Jumping Ahead a Few Years

In 2006, the year I got married, I was still suffering from pain every cycle and I was still unaware that what I was suffering from was Endometriosis. After I got married in September, and became sexually active, my pain went from a 10 to a 100 on the pain scale. I didn't know what to do, the pain wasn't only during my cycles now. I would have pain about 5 minutes after having intercourse, and sometimes during it. And my husband and I were wanting to start a family, and every month we would hope that the test would show 2 blue lines but, we had no such luck. My husband new of an O.B. that had a really good reputation. And after several appointments and a ton of test and prescriptions, that were supposed to get me pregnant, I still was not pregnant and still not diagnosed with Endometriosis. It was like one dead end after another.

About a year later I was at a baby shower for my sister-in-law, and my husband's cousin was there and we got to talking about getting pregnant and she told me that she has had problems in the past and that she found a Specialist Doctor that she really liked. So I made an appointment with the Specialist. When I went to my appointment I wasn't seen by the Dr. for more than 5 minutes before he told me that I have Endometriosis. I was surprised that all the pain I was having had a name and that it was a condition, and not normal for other women to have such severe pain. I was thinking that fianally I got some answers.

When It All Began....

I was at school when i was 13. My cycle started and the cramps also started. The cramps started getting more and more painful. And there I was sitting in class and one cramp hit so hard that I threw up and the nurse sent me home. Little did I know that this will be the beginning of a long and hard battle with Endometriosis (endo).
Almost every month I will have to stay home the first couple of days of my cycle because of fear that I would throw up or pass out because of the severe pain. I went to different doctors but none of them knew what was wrong with me.
My mom was the type of mom that did not really explain to me the female anatomy and how cycles were supposed to be. So I just thought that my pain was normal. And for the next few years, pain killers and heating pads became my new best friends.