hi! i’m 16, and my family, including my great grandma, grandma, and mom have all had endometriosis. my mom says i will have it when i’m older if im anything like them.
last may, i got an iud (kyleena) and i had lots of cramping and brown discharge for about 6 months after. i haven’t had a period since insertion, and everything has been great with it. i got my strings checked 6 months after and they were fine, and recently i got it checked again. the strings are fine and i did have some discharge inside according to my gyno, but she said it’s nothing to worry about.
my problem is, every single day WITHOUT FAIL since my last appt, i’ve been having very painful cramps. it has been around a month now, and they haven’t stopped. i feel the pain in my entire lower abdomen and lower back, i also get heartburn and headaches with it. often, they are painful enough to invoke nausea as well. i’m still not having a period and i haven’t noticed any unusual discharge, could this be early signs of endo? i don’t know much about it and im probably overreacting, but with how persistent these cramps are, i just feel nervous about it.
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