{"id":3436,"date":"2020-06-12T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/der-weg-zur-diagnose-von-endometriose-eine-persoenliche-geschichte\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T04:03:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T04:03:30","slug":"the-path-to-the-diagnosis-of-endometriosis-a-personal-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/the-path-to-the-diagnosis-of-endometriosis-a-personal-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The path to the diagnosis of endometriosis: A\u00a0personal\u00a0story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/information-about-endometriosis-6-questions-and-answers\">Endometriosis<\/a>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;chronic, often very painful and difficult to treat disease of people with an uterus. Even though 1<a href=\"http:\/\/endometriosis.org\/resources\/articles\/facts-about-endometriosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;in 10 menstruating people are affected by endometriosis<\/a>, the disease is unknown to many. But&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leakrssl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lea<\/a>&nbsp;is the one! That is why she has made it her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leakrssl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passion project<\/a>&nbsp;to do the often missing educational work in this field and today she tells us about the journey of her disease, the diagnosis and the treatment options for endometriosis. Lea lives together with her boyfriend Philip in Hannover and is 25 years old. She has been suffering from endometriosis and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/women\/guide\/adenomyosis-symptoms-causes-treatments#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adenomyosis<\/a>&nbsp;for almost five years. However, she received her diagnosis of endometriosis only a&nbsp;few months ago. For a&nbsp;long time she simply thought that what she was experiencing was quite normal. But it is not! Thank you dear Lea for sharing your story so openly in our interview and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/leakreissl.de\/category\/gesichter-der-endometriose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">showing us what lies behind the term endometriosis!<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_0192-scaled-1-631x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1097\" width=\"748\" height=\"1209\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credits:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leakrssl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lea<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How was your medical history until you were diagnosed with endometriosis?<\/h3><p>It all started with my momentous decision to stop taking the birth control pill in 2015. I\u2019ve been on the pill since I&nbsp;was 15, so I\u2019ve been on it for many years. But I&nbsp;always had problems with it \u2013 especially with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/anemia\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20351360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anemia<\/a>, because I&nbsp;had unbelievably&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/is-my-period-normal-all-about-your-menstruation\">heavy bleeding<\/a>&nbsp;over the years. So I&nbsp;stopped taking the pill in 2015, when I&nbsp;was 20, and had inserted a&nbsp;three-year hormone IUD, the Jaydess. And that\u2019s when the trouble started\u2026<\/p><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>The fact that the extent of my pain was not even close to normal did not occur to me for many&nbsp;years.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simply severe menstrual pain?<\/h3><p>The first period with Jaydess was a&nbsp;real pain nightmare \u2013 and I&nbsp;didn\u2019t even realize the first time that this pain was related to my period. It got to the point where Philip would have preferred to drive me to the hospital if the roads hadn\u2019t been completely icy. But as quickly as the pain came, it disappeared again. I&nbsp;went to my family doctor anyway \u2013 but he couldn\u2019t help me. On my next period the same thing happened again. Then it started to click: I&nbsp;seem to be suffering from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/8-healthy-foods-for-menstrual-pain\">menstrual pain<\/a>&nbsp;now. I&nbsp;thought it was just because of the other hormones and I&nbsp;would have to live with it. But the fact that the extent of my pain was not even close to normal did not occur to me for many&nbsp;years.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When the cyst persists\u2026<\/h3><p>Three years later, during which I&nbsp;simply lived with it somehow, I&nbsp;had a&nbsp;new hormone IUD inserted \u2013 this time for five years. At the obligatory check-up three months later, a&nbsp;cyst was discovered in my right ovary. The first thing they told me was not to worry about it and that it would probably just disappear on its own. At the next check-up three months later, it was still there and three months later it was still&nbsp;there.<\/p><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Endometriosis what? I&nbsp;had no idea what she meant by that or what it&nbsp;was.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The possibilty of having endometriosis<\/h3><p>At this point, my gynaecologist expressed the possibility that this could be an endometriosis cyst. Endometriosis what? I&nbsp;had no idea what she meant by that or what it was. So after I&nbsp;gave her a&nbsp;blank stare, she explained to me what endometriosis is and how it shows itself. For the first time I&nbsp;thought that my severe pain might not be so normal after all. So I&nbsp;told her about it and that reinforced my gynaecologist\u2019s assumption. Endometriosis can only be diagnosed with the help of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/laparoscopy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">laparoscopy<\/a>, she explained to me \u2013 but she did not immediately advise me to have surgery. First she gave me a&nbsp;brochure and encouraged me to dive into the subject a&nbsp;little and then come back in three months for another check-up.&nbsp;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is a&nbsp;surgery advisable?&nbsp;<\/h3><p>Said and done. At home I&nbsp;read about the subject with my boyfriend Philip, who is an incredible support in all of this, and thought about whether I&nbsp;would want to undergo surgery. At that time the pain was only extreme during my period and otherwise I&nbsp;had fewer problems.&nbsp;However, somehow I&nbsp;just wanted to know what was going on with my body, so I&nbsp;considered the operation more and more, but wanted to wait for the next appointment.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suddenly I&nbsp;was having pain every&nbsp;day&nbsp;<\/h3><p>However, just a&nbsp;few weeks after the last appointment my pain gets worse and worse quickly until it is there every day. So I&nbsp;return to my gynaecologist again well before the next check-up appointment, I&nbsp;couldn\u2019t stand it any longer. It turns out that my cyst has grown considerably and meanwhile expanding my ovary a&nbsp;lot. She now also recommends me to have undergo surgery to remove the cyst, to have the diagnosis and to possible remover further&nbsp;endometriosis lesions&nbsp;directly.&nbsp;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diagnosis of endometriosis and adenomyosis<\/h3><p>I receive my transferal letter for the surgery from her and a&nbsp;recommendation for an outpatient clinic \u2013 it is now August 2019. Many weeks will pass before the preliminary consultation for the surgery, which will not take place until September. Then again many weeks later, in November 2019, I&nbsp;have my appointment for the endometriosis surgery. During this surgery I&nbsp;will be diagnosed with endometriosis and also adenomyosis, which unfortunately is inoperable. In addition to the cyst, which was actually an endometriosis cyst, I&nbsp;had more endometriosis lensions in my abdomen. Fortunately all of them could be removed. Unfortunately, however, the cyst could only be partially removed, because otherwise my ovary would have been damaged.&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-2-954x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-2-954x1024.jpg 954w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-2-416x447.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-2-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-2-768x824.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-2-1431x1536.jpg 1431w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credits:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leakrssl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lea<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-3-657x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-3-657x1024.jpg 657w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-3-416x648.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-3-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-3-768x1197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-3-986x1536.jpg 986w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-3.jpg 1033w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are your symptoms?<\/h3><p>Before I&nbsp;had my endometriosis cyst, my main symptom was contraction-like pain just before and during my period. Because of the pain, cold sweat, circulatory problems and nausea up to vomiting from pain often followed. There were, however, various other symptoms with which I&nbsp;struggled and still struggle. This includes things like severe tension especially in the (lower) back due to poor posture caused by the pain, exhaustion, fatigue, sleep disorders, mood swings, muscle pain and so on \u2013 the list is long. Whether all of this originates directly from endometriosis? Of course I&nbsp;cannot say that for sure. Maybe it has something to do with the hormones or with the fact that my body is simply fighting against something permanently.&nbsp;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What treatment options have you tried since your diagnosis of endometriosis?<\/h3><p>Since my surgery was less than a&nbsp;year ago, I&nbsp;have not yet tried much. After my surgery I&nbsp;was first prescribed the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/chealth.canoe.com\/drug\/getdrug\/visanne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visanne, a&nbsp;progestin birth control pill<\/a>. At first I&nbsp;was sceptical and not a&nbsp;fan of it, as there were good reasons why I&nbsp;had stopped taking the pill. I&nbsp;actually didn\u2019t want to start again. But on the other hand, there was the option that my ovary would be destroyed by the endometriosis, if I&nbsp;did not take action after the surgery. So I&nbsp;decided to take hormones and I\u2019m still taking&nbsp;them.&nbsp;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When the endometriosis cyst comes&nbsp;back\u2026<\/h3><p>To be honest, however, I&nbsp;am not quite convinced of this at the moment, as my endometriosis cyst was already back only a&nbsp;few weeks after the surgery. So right now I&nbsp;have to schedule a&nbsp;check-up every three months to see what happens to it. But I&nbsp;still hope that my hormones will take a&nbsp;little longer to kick in and that the cyst will get smaller in the long run and perhaps even disappear completely. However, sometimes I&nbsp;find it hard to believe this \u2013 I&nbsp;honestly have to admit&nbsp;that.&nbsp;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are your experiences with doctors?<\/h3><p>I honestly have to say that I&nbsp;am incredibly lucky with my doctor. That someone suspects endometriosis from a&nbsp;cyst is, I&nbsp;think, rather rare. I&nbsp;always hear stories that people with endometriosis are not taken seriously at all \u2013 but with me it was completely different! Whenever I&nbsp;have something that seems strange to me, I&nbsp;can come in for a&nbsp;medical consultation immediately, even though they are always fully booked. I&nbsp;am never dismissed, even if I&nbsp;am sometimes unsure myself, I&nbsp;am always taken seriously. So far, I&nbsp;have not had any bad experiences with other doctors regarding endometriosis, but I&nbsp;am really lucky that I&nbsp;am always taken seriously!<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_0313-4-scaled-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_0313-4-scaled-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_0313-4-scaled-1-416x520.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_0313-4-scaled-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_0313-4-scaled-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_0313-4-scaled-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_0313-4-scaled-1-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_0313-4-scaled-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credits:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leakrssl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lea<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thank you sooo much, dear&nbsp;Lea!<\/h3><p>If you have other questions about endometriosis or would like to learn more about the disease and living with endometriosis, I&nbsp;can highly recommend&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/leakreissl.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lea\u2019s blog<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leakrssl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/KLEA1895\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>! And if you are suffering from endometriosis yourself, feel free to tell us about your personal experiences or your stroy about the diagnosis of endometriosis in the comments.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lea has been suffering from severe (menstrual) pain for almost five years &#8211; but she received her diagnosis of endometriosis and adenomyosis only a few months ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cycle-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The path to the diagnosis of endometriosis: A\u00a0personal\u00a0story - 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