Hi all!
I've really missed this board. After I donated in March I took some time off to travel, and then moved from Texas to DC. I can't believe that it's been nearly a year since the transplant...wow! Unfortunately, lately I've been back in the hospital for an unrelated issue.
I've had difficult periods off and on since I was 16 (sorry this is a tmi post, guys), but it wasn't consistent and birth control plus prescribed pain meds kept them in check. However, since my donation I decided not to start back on birth control, and the pain med (naproxen) is an NSAID that I can no longer take. It's likely that I was just masking the endometriosis. My dr now says that he is 99% sure I have endometriosis, and it's wreaking all kinds of havoc. I find it hard to believe that it's even possible to miss that while taking out my kidney? My OBGYN didn't have much to say about it so I don't have a clue. I mean, endo is diagnosed by performing a laproscopy. My nephrectomy was laproscopic. It seems strange that it would have gone unnoticed or no one thought to mention it to me. I'm just curious if any of you ladies have donated with endo, or found out post-donation that you have endo?