GP says possible endo

[balsamshill]

Hi everyone,
I suffer from various IBS symptoms, back and pelvic pain, etc all the way through my cycle. I really only get a week of relief before things go to shit again.

I've spoken with a GP numerous times over the past decade and they keep saying suspected endometriosis, but never anything else. All they suggest is going on the pill.

I'm currently 7 days pre period and I feel like my whole abdomen is being slowly crushed, like my back and ribs and pelvis are just being squeezed!

I can't help but feel the docs see me as a hypochondriac at this point!

So at the end of my tether and can't get any relief. Has anyone got any advice, suggestions, success stories with sorting out their miserable cycle?

TIA x

Ask the GP to refer you to gynae. You will need a laparoscopic investigation to confirm and they may be able to remove it/offer treatments.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/endometriosis/treatment/#:~:text=Treatment%20may%20not%20be%20necessary,worse%20if%20it%27s%20not%20treated.

They need to refer you
I spent 8 years saying I thought I had endo and it came to a head with severe pain, I'm now waiting to see a specialist. But if they had referred me 8 years ago it might not be such a mess
My endo appears to be so severe that my ovaries are tied together with scar tissue and they actually diagnosed me off the ultrasound because it was so obvious

Referral to Gynae. MRI and or laparoscopy. If you can go private, you'll be seen much much quicker.

I had Endo symptoms for years. The pill helped by my mood dipped. I developed chronic pain and I had to push for a gynae referral. Had a laparoscopy to treat it and felt a huge improvement. Chronic pain settled, AF has been better since.

I had a gp say this to me but then followed with "but we won't do anything about it". I kid you not. I haven't pursued it. I take naproxen as soon as I'm due on with regular paracetamol, that manages the worst of the pain. I'm on the pill, Millenette 20/75, which is a low dose and manages the bleeding.
i am absolutely done with being a woman. I can't even have anymore children so feel it's a really shit end of the deal that the one part of my body that causes me the most anguish can't even do it's job either.

Same as others have said. Have a look at the charity Endo UK which has some good advice and help when navigating getting a diagnoses. I found the NICE guidelines helpful also as they have concise infographic flowcharts of what SHOULD take place for diagnoses and treatment depending on your age and fertility plans. I'm an old hand and have had treatment via prostap and laparoscopies but still come across GPs that aren't on the button and referring to the NICE guidelines is helpful in advocating for yourself to be referred correctly rather than being passed from pillar to post xx