u/introvertnerd29

I was diagnosed with adenomyosis back in February with suspected endo.

I feel like whenever I eat a meal, it feels like my uterus is bulging out and putting pressure in my lower abdomen. The sensation also comes when it feels like there is stool moving through my colon. I'm assuming it's digestion and my ball shaped uterus is making it more noticeable. I already have difficulty with normal bowel movements, which is rare and far in between. I feel full after a regular meal and like I have a bowling ball hanging in my groin.

Hysterectomy on the 20th. Really, really hoping digestion improves after!

Has anyone had consecutive bowel movements, say in an hour-hour and a half, and they look different?

I go from having a fairly normal looking BM with little pain. Then I have a sharp cramp below my belly button and I go again. This time it looks skinnier and passes fairly easily, but I do have to put in some effort. Then about 10-15 minutes later, it feels like my entire lower abdomen is being pulled down and the urgency to have another bowel movement is strong and painful. I go again, and it is looser/slightly stinky. My pelvic floor then feels sore for a good hour.

I was diagnosed with adenomyosis via MRI, no endo found, but we know that song and dance. And I got the typical IBS diagnosis. 🙄 Got an excision and hysterectomy scheduled for July. If anyone else has had a similar issue, I'd love to hear your story and if surgery helped. I'm tired of my bowels being unpredictable and my uterus being angry all the time.

Healthy diet, increase in fiber, low sugar intake, about a gallon of water a day, exercise, sitting quietly reading a book....and still look 3 months pregnant all the dang time.

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Not to mention the flip flop between constipation and loose stools and pain after eating. Bowel movements are a chore and hurt like hell. Peeing all the dang time.

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Can't wait to get my hysterectomy and excision next month! Hopefully I'll look and feel normal and not a permanent pregnant looking lady 😂

I was diagnosed with adenomyosis back in February via MRI. The endo specialist I am working with is 100% certain I also have endo despite nothing showing up on MRI. I have been on continuous birth control since 2022 as my periods made me feel sick and doubled over in pain. My GI was always a mess right before, during and even after my period was done. I got the "IBS" diagnosis until I worked with a dietitian who recommended a colonoscopy (my family has a history of colon cancer). Colonoscopy done in 2021 and only showed mild inflammation, likely from the prep. The prep is awful.

I switched birth control back in 2025 as my pelvic pain was getting worse and my GYN prescribed Loryna. The breakthrough bleeding, nausea and unpredictable bowel habits were my breaking point.

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Now I deal with chronic pain almost daily when it comes to digestion, the signal of a BM coming and the process of having a BM. I have done the Low Fodmap diet and know lactose and GOS are my main triggers. I eat pretty healthy, get as much fiber as I can, drink 8-10 glasses of water a day and do mindful exercise (yoga and walking, walking pad if the weather sucks). No matter what, my angry uterus and whatever endo is hiding makes it so hard to go to the bathroom like a normal person. I asked my husband if it was normal to feel pain before, during and after pooping. He looked at me with a concerned expression and said no. Women are forced to endure pain because "painful periods" are just part of the gig of being a woman. I haven't had a regular period in 4 years and I'm still getting period pains, including the digestive crap. I can literally feel my uterus, whom I've named Belinda, sitting right on my rectum or pushing on other organs in the pelvic floor. Not to mention the fluctuating constipation and loose stools that make me question if I'm gonna go a little or go a lot despite the healthy diet and hydration. Belinda has really made it difficult to live normally. Intimacy, non existent. Travel, limited. Work, smiling through the pain. Only time I'm not in pain is when I'm asleep.

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Hysterectomy and excision scheduled for July 20th. My husband and I don't want children and we have made peace with it. Can't freaking wait!

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