Jade 🏴♿️ :
My auntie died from it. She'd had deep-infiltrating endo in her large bowel and her uterus was stuck to her bowel. They didn't listen to her for years when she complained of her symptoms, then once she was diagnosed, they didn't listen to her when she asked for a hysterectomy. Said she "might want more kids" even though she knew she didn't and her husband had, had the snip. Her husband had to advocate for her and argue with all these specialists until they finally agreed to give her a hysterectomy and that's when they discovered her uterus was stuck to her bowel. When trying to separate them, they made a mistake and nicked her bowel, leaving her with a stoma for the next 20 years. She was still bedridden from pain, the operation didn't help her much unfortunately. Then, in 2019, she was rushed to hospital because her stoma wasn't working anymore. Endo and surgery adhesions had blocked her small bowel as well. Again, this was AFTER a hysterectomy, which, at the time she was diagnosed, a hysterectomy was thought to be a cure. It obviously is not, we know that now. But it was thought to be back then. They said there was nothing more they could do for her after her small bowel blockage and just let her die. Endo is so much more than a bad period. I knew I had endo as well at the time that my auntie died but no doctors were listening to me either and it was so scary to watch her die whilst at the same time knowing I might be headed down that same path. After she died, I had such a bad flareup that summer and I remember I was laying in bed crying one day not knowing what to do bc my gynaecologist wasn't listening to me and I closed my eyes briefly and when I opened them again there was a white feather resting on my arm. I had no windows or doors open, nothing. I choose to believe that was my auntie telling me to fight. And I did and I ended up getting my diagnostic laparoscopy later that year, and got diagnosed with endometriosis 30th Dec 2019. I still miss my auntie everyday and wish she was here to talk to, but I hope that wherever she is she at least doesn't have to suffer this god awful pain anymore. 💛
2025-05-30 19:18:11