Interesting development

[HelenB]

Hi
I haven't been online for quite some time but have had an interesting development so thought I'd get in touch.

I recently went into hospital to have minor keyhole surgery to remove a cyst on one of my ovaries. However, when the surgeon looked inside me he could not see my ovary so he opened me up. He then found that endometriosis had caused lesions and scarring on my intestines. He cleaned this up and removed the cyst.

When I came round I was rather surprised to discover that the surgery had been more major than expected and started to do some research on endometriosis. It turns out that this is sometimes misdiagnosed as IBS (that sounded familiar). So I began to wonder whether there was a connection between my dairy intolerance and the endometriosis. Initially my digestion was all over the place but once things had settled down I decided to try a small amount of dairy in my diet and I have had no problems. I have not eaten cheese but milk, butter/marg, mince pies... seem to cause no problems. I am taking it a step at a time but it looks as though my problem may be sorted.

I had none of the 'normal' signs and symptons for endometriosis so it was complete chance that it was discovered. I guess I am very lucky.

I hope everyone has fun this Christmas and a peaceful and problem free 2009.
Best wishes
Helen

[zoefruitcake]

wow, that's really interesting. I hope you are fully recovered, and that you are 'cured'

[Copper]

That is very interesting. It sounds like good news for you.

I wondered what had happened to you. It is nice to hear from you again.

Seasons Greetings to you and your family.

[rebecca c]

I am glad you found such a good surgeon Helen and that you are feeling better. One of my friends looked into endomitriutus and I have read it has links to the eosionophilia that I suffer from.

[jill]

Nice to hear from you Helen, and of your interesting news. Are you still in Japan or have you returned to the UK (or am i mixing you up with someone else who lived abroad?)

All the best for the festive season :xmas:

[cnc]

Sorry to hear you had to go through such surgery, but sounds like a positive result. Do keep us all updated on how it goes.

Wishing you a lovely Christmas and new year.

[Katerina]

Hello.

That is very interesting! I think a lot of problems are misdiagnosed in women simply because we have so many complicated systems inside us [more than men]. I had a massive cyst on my ovary, the doctor said it was probably squashing all the other organs inside me and causing my IBS etc. to flare up. Luckily, the cyst seems to have disappeared now.