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[Topic ID] 129 [Post ID] 666 [Date & Time] 2005-10-09 22:43:23 [Post Text] 
Hey all, I've just discovered this discussion board even though I've been visiting theclitoris.com for a few months. My post regards a condition I suffer from called endometriosis (called endo for short). Wondering if anyone else here suffers from it? This quite often makes penetrative sex painful for me, especially if I take a position on top of my partner. But, endometriosis affects my life in other ways, too. For example, I sometimes feel incredibly moody and irritable for no real reason or& simply because of abdominal cramping that comes periodically& with endo. This really puts a strain on my relationship, for the most part my parter is so supportive and I love him to death and I'd just like to thank him for putting up with me, but we really do have our moments. I don't usually bleed very much because I am on a birth control implant called implanon but I suffer irregular bleeding because of this. On occasion I have been ready to have sex with my partner and I have begun bleeding without knowing it and it makes me upset. It& makes me exhausted, I am a nursing student and really enjoy my course but I'm falling behind because I'm sick all the time! I'm going for an operation to treat the endo next week which will require about a week to recover. I'm worried about my final exams (i'm australian, our semesters are backwards to yours, we begin in feb/march and finish in oct/nov). I'm really run down because I'm so exhausted and I'm exhausted because I'm run down, it's a vicious cycle! I've had tonsilitis, sinusitis and bronchitis all& in the last 6 weeks! It also causes bowel upsets. ie:& diahorrea and constipatation. You may ask, how can you explain that you have& diahorrea and constipation at the same time. Well, on any particular day I could have diahorrea or be constipated, I won't go into details but I'm sure you can imagine. I can't take pain killers to control my abdominal pain because it is sporadic, some days are good, some days are awful. The way the pain occurs is irregular, I will feel a cramp coming on and it may only last for 10 - 30 seconds but it reaches 8 or 9 on my pain scale (1-10). I can't justify taking dangerous painkillers like mersyndol and panadine forte or anything with codeine in it because they make me loopy and I need to be aware enough to live my life properly. So when I feel one coming on I take big deep breaths and try to imagine a nice, safe, warm place. This image usually consists of my partner's big strong arms holding me close in our bed. So then the stabbing pain doesn't seem quite as bad. I was speaking on the phone this morning with a friend of mine who suffers endo as well, she's had 4 operations to fix the problem but clearly it is a recurring disease that could last a life time and has the potential to decrease or eliminate fertility. We spoke about how it's difficult for people who dont have endo to understand, a lot of people hold the mindset that it's just period pain and we're just whinging. But it affects my life so much more than painful menses. I masterbate quite regularly, if you've read in the "I love to masterbate" thread, it helps me to relax and usually takes my mind off the dull cramping that sometimes lasts all day. And when I masterbate it doesn't involve penetration so I don't experience any discomfort related to that. Sorry this is long, but it may help other sufferers and it has certainly helped me to talk about it. Mantra
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