Hi everyone... my name is Amber and I was diagnosed with endo earlier this year, though my doctor and I suspect that I've had it for some time now.

I've always had very difficult periods with heavy bleeding lasting an average of 5-7 days, with pretty moderate/severe cramps, stomach upset/intestinal discomfort and lower back pain.

I've also been battling against HPV and pre-cancerous cervical changes for going on 3 years now. I've had two biopsies, cryotheraphy and most recently a loop-cone biopsy in February for this problem.

On top of all of that, I've had chronic severe psoriasis since I was an infant.

To learn that I now have endo sometimes feels like a crushing blow. I have frequent pain that nothing seems to alleviate.

I've tried 4 different kinds of birth control in an effort to relieve pain, and am currently taking Seasonique, which doesn't seem to be making any kind of impact at all. I've also tried Vicodin and Tramadol, both of which barely even take the edge off the pain and make me so loopy I'm pratically useless. I'm taking an anti-nausea medication as well because I get really bad nausea with my endo.

One of my main problems is that having endo severely impacts my life, and causes me to miss a lot of work. Thankfully my company and coworkers are very understanding and supportive, but I fear that support can only go so far before my frequent absences (2-5 days every month because of the pain) result in my getting sacked.

I feel so frustrated with my doctor sometimes because he just keeps giving me birth control in the hope that it will help. I've been begging for a hysterectomy for over a year now because of my HPV and pre-cancer issues, and now this. Ugh! I understand his hesitancy to do such a drastic procedure because of my age (I'm 26), but he just doesn't seem to grasp the fact that I don't want children, and never have, and that I'd much rather be healthy and pain free than keep suffering for years to come on the off chance that I might change my mind about wanting kids.

Anyway, I guess I kinda needed to vent a little bit.