Links to my ultimate endo surgery checklist, timestamps, and parts 2 & 3 (surgery day & recovery) below!
Good days and bad. 5 years in pain. 1 in 10 women. #Endometriosis
Endometriosis is so much more than painful periods. For me, it was daily pain that prevented me from sleeping, eating, hanging with friends, and even work sometimes. It was being the one in the group who is shamed for not being able to have gluten, dairy, sugar for fear of flaring up symptoms. It was not being able to enjoy a drink with friends without guilt or an excuse plan. It was being the annoying friend who had to stop every hour on a road trip to go pee. It was screaming at the top of your lungs when someone tells you the pain is in your head. It was avoiding group trips for fear I’d have a flare up that would leave me in bed. It was waking up with the equivalent of a stomach bug every day for 5 years. It was not being able to sleep for nights on end from pain that radiated from my low back to my toes and fingers. It was being ignored by doctors for 5 years. It was telling my fiance we might not be able to have kids. It was asking for a sick day at work for the 10th time this year. It was talking to my boss about a potential medical leave because I was in so much pain.
That was my endo experience, but it’s different for everyone. Unexplained pelvic/low back pain (especially but not limited to your period), bladder & bowel issues are the warning signs although you can only have one of these symptoms and still have endometriosis. I share my story in hopes of helping anyone who finds themselves in the same boat. Reach out to me before you spend the next 5 years in pain like I did. To fight endometriosis, you truly have to be your own advocate.
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Part 1 | Endometriosis Surgery Prep: • Preparing for Endometr...
Part 2 | Surgery Day: • Endometriosis Surgery ...
Part 3 | Recovery & Complications: • Endometriosis Surgery ...
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Download my Ultimate Endometriosis Surgery Checklist!
Includes:
-What to Purchase Before Endo Surgery
-Endo Surgery Bag Checklist
-Bowel Prep Hydration Schedule
-Questions to Ask your Dr Post Op
-Post Op Medicine Schedule
-Post Op Meal Ideas
-Post Op Meal Checklist
-Post Op Water Checklist
-Post Op Walk Checklist
Link:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
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TimeStamps:
:23 | Emotions before Endo Surgery
2:21 | What Endo Feels Like
5:36 | Preparing for Bowel Prep / Looking Forward to Surgery
7:37 | Tracking my Fertility / Ovulation Pain / Managing my Pain
9:26 | Bowel Prep Day Begins / Day Before Surgery To Do List
11:37 | How Endometriosis Changed my Life
12:18 | Schedule for Bowel Prep Hydration
14:03 | Bowel Prep Begins / Asking my Dr for a Light Bowel Prep & Why
16:38 | Treating Myself to a New Comforter & Pillows for Post Op
17:35 | Anti-septic Shower
18:21 | Clothing for Surgery Day & Post Op (Linked in Surgery Checklist)
20:28 | The Ultimate Endo Surgery Checklist
22:34 | Packing my Surgery Bag
23:31 | Best Way to Stay Hydrated before Endo Surgery
24:02 | Night Before Surgery / Overview of How I Prepped
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Learn more about endo & find a dr by joining the Nancy’s Nook for Endometriosis Facebook group: / nancysnookendoed
To find a list of surgeons, go to the files section, open the Surgeons International Excision Surgeon list and search that document for your state or country.
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