My Endometriosis Story: Beginning

For those who do not know, the dictionary definition of Endometriosis is a condition resulting from the appearance of endometrial issue outside the uterus and causing pelvic pain.  I am a fifteen year old high school girl and I suffer from Endometriosis.  On June 10, 2015, my life changed forever. I was sitting in math class when I started getting excruciating pain in my lower abdomen.  I thought it was just cramps from being on my period that week, but I was very wrong.  I asked my teacher to go to the bathroom, and when I stood up, I could hardly walk down the hall.  The pain has never stopped since that day.  I got home that day and told my mother but she also thought it was just period cramps.  It was about a month before we started visiting different doctors.  First we went to our family doctor and she sent me over to get an ultrasound at the hospital.  At first everyone thought it was my appendix but the pain just did not go away.  I ended up having three different ultrasounds and a CAT Scan, but no doctors could see anything wrong with me.  We went to a surgeon, but he also said he did not see anything wrong with me.  Our family doctor finally recommended we go to a gynecologist, so we did.  Still no one knew what was wrong with me.  The gynecologist was not very helpful.  After several visits she basically told me I was lying about how much pain I was in and being a dramatic teenage girl.  This made me so mad.  My mother had brought up the possibility of Endometriosis to her, but she totally dismissed it.  My aunt and grandmother had both suffered with Endometriosis so it was not unlikely that I might have it.  Normally, Endometriosis is found in adult women, not teenagers, that is why it is so hard for us to be diagnosed.  Stay tuned for the next parts of my story.  Thank you for reading!