Worth it to travel for surgery?
As the title says, I greatly need third party advice on if traveling to an endometriosis excision specialist is worth it versus seeing someone local.
I have a very long history with endometriosis, adenomyosis, ovarian cysts and chronic pelvic pain.
I have had multiple laparoscopic surgeries: 2 with a regular OB/GYN for ovarian cysts and ablation of endometriosis (one of which caused me to lose an ovary) and one with a MIGS surgeon who confirmed and excised endometriosis on my uteralsacral ligaments and diagnosed probable adenomyosis. Since this surgery I have continued to have worsening pain and have had this provider and my normal OB/GYN suspect that I have nerve involvement.
While I found my recent surgeon to be great, I am looking to have a final surgery and hysterectomy and to also have extremely detailed and thorough work done to check places that I believe couldn’t be done in my last surgery due to constraints from the surgeons scope and time allotment in the OR. I have given serious thought of traveling out of state and out of my area of the country to seek an excision specialist that can potentially provide the thorough treatment I seek. However I do worry that it is overkill at this point, especially considering how I most likely need the hysterectomy to mitigate a lot of my symptoms.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!