Hi! New here. I’ve suspected that I could possibly have endo since I started my period in 2012. I’m 26 now. I’ve always had irregular periods (even now sometimes). Last year I didn’t even have a period from June to October, just out of the blue. I had one in November then I missed December but since January of this year, I’ve had one each month. It’s not uncommon for me to sometimes miss 2 months but that was the longest I’ve ever gone without one. And it was amazing btw lol. Basically, I’ve always had painful cycles that only seem to progress over the years and I’d say it’s gotten worse since 2021, that’s when I started experiencing the horrible trapped gas during my period. I’m currently experiencing it rn on my 2nd day, yesterday was the worst though.
I guess my first sign of possible endo is when I always used to get those random “butt zaps” (especially when I’d have to go to the bathroom) when I first started and they lasted for years but I don’t seem to get them as often anymore. I was always told everything I’ve experienced is normal and I was being dramatic but missing things bc of pain isn’t normal.
Also, over the past 2 years I’ve had this weird deep dull/sharp pain that comes and goes near my left mid back. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced something like this…it’s super scary because I tend to freak myself out over it. It only seems to get worse around and during my period. Like when I feel it, I know my period is coming. I’ve gone through all of the possible scenarios it could be and I even thought maybe it was IBS since my mom has it and I’ve always had stomach issues so it wouldn’t necessarily be far fetched but the fact that it gets worse around my period is odd. I’ve always gone back and forth between being constipated/normal stool especially over the past few years but after a bowel movement now, I’ve noticed I seem to have this weird deep tugging feeling on the left side of my abdomen. Along with feeling heavy, like there’s a ton of bricks in my abdomen and uterus, fullness, ovulation pain that feels like my ovary is being stabbed and I can always tell where I’m ovulating, BLOATINGGGG (it progresses throughout the day no matter what I eat), INSANE trapped gas usually on the first day or two of my period that causes me to hunch over on the floor and cry, feeling like I have the flu either the week before or especially the day before (I also have rheumatoid arthritis so that flares up bc of my period too), etc etc.
A part of me is worried it could be something like colon cancer or ovarian cancer since they all seem to have similar symptoms. All of these things do however only seem to flare up more around my period so it just makes me lean more towards endo but you never know. I feel like I’m forgetting a ton of symptoms bc it’s a LOT and I kind of don’t even know where to start but I just wanted to vent and see if anyone has also experienced the same stuff, especially with the mid back pain.