Find the Right Doctor For You!

I think as other things have come up in my life, I have forgotten to write about one of the most, if not the most, important things I have learned from having endometriosis.  It is SO important to find the right doctor for you!!  Endometriosis is a real disease and it has real, if invisible, symptoms.  If you know there is something wrong with you, please please please do not let a bad doctor tell you otherwise!  It is OKAY to disagree with a doctor and it is OKAY to get a second opinion and it is OKAY if you simply do not "gel" with a certain doctor.  There is someone out there who will be a part of your support system!  I feel extremely lucky in this one aspect: I love my doctor.  I think she is extremely intelligent, she is open to all types of healing (from surgical to alternative therapies), she is understanding, and very supportive.  I am constantly reassured that she is super smart when I look at articles or blogs and see that I have tried pretty much everything people are writing about.  Also, if I were to ask her a question that she didn't know the answer to, she would simply look it up and tell me she doesn't know but will find out.  

5/30/14

Okay, I made it through the night.  And by night, I really mean early morning.  I decided I was just going to give up today and let my body sleep as much as possible, even if it wasn't my normal sleep schedule.  I had pretty bad pain last night, but I slept for almost 12 hours and when I woke up, my body felt like it had rebooted.  My pain level is way down.  My lower back is grumbling a little bit but still, much improved from yesterday.

I know sometimes when I've been not sleeping enough that it can truly mess with my body.  Endometriosis takes a toll on a body and it's important to get enough rest to let your body take care of itself.  I had been feeling like I was going to have to just have a day to sleep but I had been putting it off because I hate those days.  I feel like it is wasted and can throw me off my schedule, but in terms of my body, I have to remember it's okay to do.  

Happy Mothers Day!!

Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there!  Whether you are a mother with endometriosis or a mother to someone with endometriosis, you deserve to be celebrated!  And if you are a mother with no relation to endometriosis at all, well Happy Mothers Day to you too, because we all have our tough times and mothers help us through them.

Lily

(Lily)

Pets.  Throughout my life, I never really had a strong appreciation for pets.  I had a guinea pig when I was young and I would pet a cat  or dog if I was at someone's house but they never invoked a strong emotional response in me.  And, to be honest, dogs often slobber and I never found that endearing. After college I ended up with a cat by pure happenstance.  A friend of mine was trying to give away a kitten and brought him over to my apartment one time, which honestly is cheating because all kittens, puppies, babies are adorable so of course I ended up with my first real pet... a cat who unfortunately, died suddenly at the age of two.  In a very strange confluence of events, I then ended up with a new kitten, already named Lily.  Lily is the cat I've had since before I was sick and she is the one who has opened me up to a whole new bond with animals since I've been sick.