Endo confirmed! I’m in shock

I had my surgery(laparoscopy and cystoscopy) today with Dr. Nelson in Colorado and I was so convinced I didn’t have it and scared they wouldn’t find anything.

I do have a fibroid in my uterus that they did not remove because he didn’t think it was causing my pain. I’m going to get a second opinion on this after I’m healed.

My main symptoms in hopes that it can help someone else💗 -3 years of pelvic pain(mostly bladder pressure)-thought it was a UTI for the longest and just told it was cystitis or “the honeymoon phase”🙃. I went on antibiotics for a long time and nothing helped. Bladder pressure is 24/7 and increases around my cycle(Mediterranean diet has helped)

-painful periods since I first got my period but not bad enough to send me to the ER -nausea with periods -IBS( fluctuation of constipation and diarrhea-when I had to go I had to go immediately -butt lighting( doesn’t last long but I do get it occasionally) -Insane mood swings and randomly crying(hormones are crazy since I first got my period) -Extreme fatigue -bladder spasms and extreme soreness occasionally -urgency to pee, always have to push pee out -bloating!!! I had to be very careful with what I eat

Curious if my past issues somewhat relate to endo. -Constant tonsillitis for years and eventually removed them. They were always swollen and had white spots -longterm COVID - taste and smell took 2 years to come back and sinus infection took 6 months to go away. It was awful. Allergies - post nasal drip