Hello,
My partner and I are planning a 14 day trip to China in March 2027. I feel like using a travel agent might be best to book everything, but I also don't know how necessary it is. We want to travel around to a couple of different spots and we're hoping to keep the trip around 3K not including flights! We are aiming to visit Chengdu, Chongqing, Zhangjiajie and if possible either Beijing, Hong Kong or Shanghai.
I’m starting to feel so crazy. I was diagnosed through my symptoms/genetic history with endo last year. Initially my gyno treated it with birth control pills in addition to my liletta IUD. That ended up causing more harm than good so I stopped after about two months and just managed the pain with aleeve, heating pads, occasionally pain meds such as ibuprofen 800. Then I started to notice that the pain was happening outside of its usual cycle and it was becoming more constant and debilitating. I had gallbladder removal surgery last March which 100% affected my digestion but when my GI ran labs everything came back normal and told me to take MiraLAX daily along with a bile medication. My digestive system just feels incredibly fucked up. I’ve been dealing with horrible constipation that used to last for 13-20 days before introducing MiraLAX daily. Even since I added that in though I still don’t go everyday yet I deal with severe gas pains and lower abdominal cramping that is truly debilitating. On top of that I’ve been dealing with extreme pain on my right ovary that almost feels like a fork is twisting it around and it’s almost always accompanied by terrible flank and leg pain. From the digestive issues to the cramping in my right ovary I’ve noticed that it definitely is the worst during my period, that has been consistent for the last year since diagnosis. I decided to go to Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine where I was once again diagnosed through symptoms/genetic history. The doctor did a pelvic exam and noticed an extreme tightness in my pelvic floor. She recommended I started receiving nerve injections into my pelvic area twice a week for about 6 weeks in which I noticed around week 3 some sense of relief. During that time I had an MRI done where they found no evidence of endo other than cysts on both of my ovaries so my doctor recommended surgery. I live in Texas where health insurance is awful and long story short could no longer afford the injections so I had to stop around week 4 and cease all medical intervention on my Endo because I truly couldn’t afford to put anymore money into care outside of eating (I’m vegan/follow an anti-inflammatory diet) & other lifestyle modifications. The idea was to wait another year and get on a different insurance plan where Endo care was more affordable. Recently tho the pain has gotten so much worse and incredibly debilitating. It’s hard for me to work much less leave my bed. Last night I had a terrible episode and almost went to the ER. I was able to manage with pain medication and aleeve. Then I woke up around 3am with the twisting fork feeling at a 10. I went to the ER where they did a CT scan and ultrasound (belly) and found nothing… again. Other than the usual suspect which is my cyst on my right ovary that changes in size often? It’s usually around 3-5cm and today they measured it at 5cm. I also have a small cyst on that same ovary that is partially collapsed. They noticed I had a high white blood cell count and without me giving a urine sample they concluded it was a bladder infection and sent me on my way. I’m still in so much pain and had to drop my job for the rest of the week because anytime I move around that twisting fork feeling that radiates to my back comes back in horrible waves. From the normal blood tests to the unsubstantial MRI/CT/Ultrasound I’m really beginning to wonder if it’s all in my head. I just feel so incredibly depressed by this situation, I turn 30 this week and I never imagined this is what 30 would look like. I have an appointment with a Endo specialist this Thursday and I’m supposed to have a transvaginal ultrasound done so I’m hoping for better imaging? I don’t know I’m just starting to lose hope on this all together.