Hi ctpeach...

My name is holli and I have endo. I am 23, and I work in the health field (i am an xray tech and a nuclear medicine tech)...And I just wanted to tell you that endo is hereditary. My grandmother had it, and one of my sister's have it. I have researched it like crazy, so I know a lot about it. It can affect your ablility to have children, and no a d&c will not cure you. The only real cure for it unfortunately is a hysterectomy.

I don't mean to scare you, but I just wanted you to have some correct info. Take care and feel free to email me if you have any questions! I hope you do not have endo, but if you do I will be here for you!

Hi, I am 41 and in june this year I had surgery to remove my left ovary and fallopian tube because of a cyst that was attached to my ovary, after the surgery the surgeon said the cause of the cyst was endometriosis, she said I have one of the worst cases of endo she has ever seen and it took her 3 hours of surgery to remove some of it, now my point for telling you this is that I have never had any symptoms of endo, my periods have always been regular and light and I have had 3 children without any problems (quite the opposit in fact I get pregnant at the drop of a hat). Since the surgery everything has gone back to normal and the surgeon said because of my age the endo shouldnt come back, even though it never bothered me anyway, she also said that when you get pregnant this can sometimes clear up the endo which is what she thinks happened in my case but since my last pregnancy was 16 years ago it had time grow and cause a cyst but this doesnt alwasy happen. By the way my mother , grandmother 9 aunts and my 23 year old daughter have never to our knowledge suffered from endo so it isnt necessarily hereditary, my 22 year old neice who does have it also gave birth to her first child this year, I hope this helps put your mind at rest a bit

Hi I am 37 yrs old, never had children and just started having severe menstrual cramps about 4 years ago. I've never had bad cramps in prior years and wonder if this means that I have Endo..? The cramps are pretty extreme but occur usually only 2nd or 3rd menstruation. It's not every month. I don't think I have any other symptoms. My husband and I are just now trying to get pregnant. Is there any other explanation for a women's menstruation experience to shift in their mid 30's? Now I am a little freaked out but I don't even know if I have it...

I have had my first pregnancy at 20, but it was tubal and i lost four babies. i had to have surgery. but after the surgery when i have sex i have pain down at the vaginal opening at the very bottom. why? is there somthing wrong?