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Girl Talk 19w
10 years of period pain and doctors brushing it off as normal. Today I finally got surgery and had stage 4 endometriosis confirmed and removed 💛
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Anonymous 19w

Love that for you queen

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Anonymous 19w

i know this is a personal question - but once you get the bill for it could you let me know how much the surgery is with and without insurance if you have insurance?

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Anonymous 19w

can you give updates on your recovery process? i assume you had a laparoscopy?

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Anonymous 19w

i’m so happy for you!! you obviously deserve so much better than being in pain & ignored for 10 years, but i am so so glad you were able to get a diagnosis and surgery. i hope recovery is quick and painless <3

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Anonymous 19w

I didn’t know there were different stages of endo but it makes a lot of sense

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 19w

Thank you 💛💛

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 19w

It was about $29,500 without insurance and $2,800 is what I paid with insurance

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 19w

Congrats OP! Glad you advocated for yourself

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19w

thank you sm i really appreciate the info as i may have to have a procedure done soon

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 19w

Yes I’d be happy to! And yes it was a laporoscopy

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 19w

I’m feeling pretty good right now as of day 1, the incision sites are a little sore but I can walk fairly well and the pain is nowhere near as bad as I thought it’d be

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 19w

Yeah ofc happy to help! I hope all goes well for you too

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19w

thank you <3 did they give you any prescription pain meds or was it just ibuprofen?

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 19w

They put an anti-nausea patch on me in the hospital that I’m supposed to wear for the next three days. Plus sent me home with high strength Tylenol and ibuprofen, as well as oxycodone. Plus gave me laxatives because the oxycodone can cause constipation and you don’t want any straining with the scars

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 19w

I’m glad recovery is going well for OP, I just had the surgery done on the 7th and got diagnosed stage 1 with severe cramping from fluid build up and recovery hasn’t gone as well for me. (not trying to sound like a pity party lol) I just want to say that it really depends on the person and how much your body takes to recover, it’s been 5 days since mine and I am just now able to walk and stuff relatively normally but I still struggle a little to bend over and things like that.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 19w

yeah there are technically 5 stages but you’ll rlly only hear them use 4 bc stage 5 is only used for really extreme cases. each stage is determined by the extent of the findings not the amount of pain someone is in so technically someone with stage 1 could be in more pain than someone with stage 3 but the person with stage 3 has it more severely

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 19w

Thank you, I’m sorry it hasn’t been as smooth of a recovery for you. I’m glad you’re starting to feel better though, and congrats to us both on getting through this ❤️

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19w

29.5k non insured is a fucking joke good grief I hate the U.S. med care system

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