Endometriosis Part 1:

Matthew and I went through and overcame many trials and tribulations when it came to getting pregnant. In 2008 I had started getting extremely sharp pains in my female organs and had no idea what was going on. I had previously had surgery for cysts while I was in high school. I kept going to the doctor in Dodge and they kept running many different tests to see what was going on. They couldn't come to a conclusion on what was wrong with me. Finally 8 months later I couldn't take the pain anymore. Early one morning Matthew took me to the ER in Hays and they gave me some morphine to calm the pain. I was then referred to Dr.H (OBGYN). My very first appointment Dr.H told me I had endometriosis. Within the next few weeks I was scheduled for surgery.
You see these type of female problems run in my family......and I didn't escape the luxury of having them either.
Surgery Day: My mom came up for the surgery and Matthew and Kristen waited around the waiting room as well (probably trying to keep my mother calmed down). Dr.H told them it should take around 30 minutes to clean all of the endometriosis out. Well it took 1.5 hours to get it out and they couldn't even get it all out. The endometriosis had grown so much that there was no where else for it to go, so it decided to attach my uterus to my colon..OUCH!
The doctor came out and talked to my mom, showed them the pictures (it looks like cottage cheese) and said that once I wake up in recovery she can go back there. He stated that the endometriosis had strangulated my entire right side of "baby making parts" and that I will struggle conceiving (if I am even able to).
I am not very good at waking up when on all those drugs. I had a hard time trying to sit and stand up without passing out. The nursing staff made me use the restroom before I could go home, thank goodness for the nurse as I started to pass out on the toilet :) 
Endometriosis will come back, but each person is different with how quickly it will come back. I didn't seem to luck out to well. The disease came back (quickly). So Dr. H put me on this cancer steroid shot that sent my organs into menopause that way all of the female parts basically "deadened," and the endometriosis wouldn't grow. This was not fun as I was having major hot flashes, gaining weight, and throwing up if I were in the heat longer than 30 minutes. Needless to say, I was a 25 year old in a 50 year old body!
I went through this process for about 6 months and then got back on birth control to see if it would either start growing or stop for awhile......it started right back up again...........................................