u/Lopsided-Ant9636

Hubby and I are going to go to sushi king in VB but I would love a really good old fashioned while we are in the area.

So basically I was homeschooled from 6-12th grade but my schooling wasn’t monitored at all so I cheated my way through school, muted my videos so they would play in the background while I would play Minecraft, google my test answers, etc. I am 26 now and while I’m in a great place in life (mom, and small business owner) I feel so uneducated compared to my peers. Obviously I can’t go redo middle and high school but I was wondering if there is a way to re homeschool myself at home? I got on khan academy and build a little course of arithmetic, pre algebra, basic geometry and measurement, grammar, us history, world history, us government and civics, and reading and vocab. Obviously I will have to expand on this eventually and I think it’s a good place to start but how do I check my work? I also don’t know how to write (like I never did essays or reports) so I struggle even drafting emails that sound professional and I have my husband proofread and edit everything before I send it to a client because I’m just not confident. I do a lot of reading. Especially literary fiction, historical fiction, and just some educational stuff. Currently reading wordslut by Amanda montell. And I LOVE learning from these books but at the same time sometimes I don’t understand some of what I read. Hubby has to help me with pretty much anything math related. And I don’t know much history either which I feel is SO important to know and understand today.

So basically I was homeschooled from 6-12th grade but my schooling wasn’t monitored at all so I cheated my way through school, muted my videos so they would play in the background while I would play Minecraft, google my test answers, etc. I am 26 now and while I’m in a great place in life (mom, and small business owner) I feel so uneducated compared to my peers. Obviously I can’t go redo middle and high school but I was wondering if there is a way to re homeschool myself at home? I got on khan academy and build a little course of arithmetic, pre algebra, basic geometry and measurement, grammar, us history, world history, us government and civics, and reading and vocab. Obviously I will have to expand on this eventually and I think it’s a good place to start but how do I check my work? I also don’t know how to write (like I never did essays or reports) so I struggle even drafting emails that sound professional and I have my husband proofread and edit everything before I send it to a client because I’m just not confident. I do a lot of reading. Especially literary fiction, historical fiction, and just some educational stuff. Currently reading wordslut by Amanda montell. And I LOVE learning from these books but at the same time sometimes I don’t understand some of what I read. Hubby has to help me with pretty much anything math related. And I don’t know much history either which I feel is SO important to know and understand today.

I would love any advice on ways to get an education at home (hopefully for free/cheap because we are on a super tight budget around here)

Some background:
From my first period at 13 until 22 I struggled with severe, debilitating menstrual pain. I frequently ended up on the bathroom floor vomiting from the pain. My symptoms included:

• severe menstrual cramps that wrapped from my front into my back
• sharp pain in my ribcage when taking deep breaths
•pain when urinating/bowel movements
• pain during intercourse

My previous OBGYN diagnosed me with endometriosis based on my symptoms and my positive response to orlissa, which helped immensely for the 1-2 years I took it. After stopping orlissa I transitioned to birth control. It managed some pain but I still struggled with severe but not debilitating pain during my periods, and bleeding twice a month. From 23 until I got pregnant at 24 I was not on birth control and still had severe (but not debilitating pain) and bleeding twice a month.

Fast forward: I am now 25 and had my first baby last year. I am 8 months postpartum, and got my first period 6 weeks pp. during my pregnancy I saw a new OBGYN who asked about the endometriosis diagnosis in my chart. She had asked if it was diagnosed through surgery and when I said no she undiagnosed me and claimed I likely never had it.

Current situation: I am off birth control, I have regular cycles, and while my period is very painful still, I have started having debilitating ovulation pain for the past 8 months, and it gets worse each month. I am experiencing almost every single symptom from my late teens/early 20’s but during ovulation instead of my period. I would honestly rather be in labor right now.

My questions:

1. Has anyone experienced a shift in pain like this before? especially postpartum?

2. Can I even be undiagnosed after being previously diagnosed?

3. How do I go about getting re diagnosed? My old OBGYN is over an hour away from me and I’m not sure that I want to return to my current OBGYN. Where do I even start with seeing someone new?

4. What are your best relief tips? Currently 800mg of ibuprofen and a hot bath are failing me.