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I AM 23 AND HAVE BEEN SUFFERING WITH ENDO. FOR 10 YEARS. I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT FIRST SHOOTING PAIN THROUGH MY PELVIS. WE WERE AT MY GRANDFATHERS, BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TESTS, AND I HAD STARTED MY PERIOD 2 WEEKS EARLY. I COULDN'T MOVE. MY FATHER TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS ALL IN MY HEAD THAT IT WAS JUST CRAMPS. SO BECAUSE I WAS 13 THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. SO FOR 5 AND HALF YRS. I LIVED WITH IT. I WOULD MISS SCHOOL BECAUSE I COULDN'T MOVE. I NEVER WENT ANYWHERE FOR 3 WEEKS OUT OF THE MONTH, DUE TO PAIN BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER. SO WHEN I TURNED 18 I TOLD MY MOTHER I COULDN'T TAKE IT. SHE TOOK ME TO A REG. GYN. WHO WAS OLDER THAN MOLASSES. AUTOMATICALLY HE SAID I NEEDED SURGERY. NEVER EXPLAINED WHAT IT WAS. SO AFTER MY SURGERY IN JULY OF 96, THINGS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER. BUT BY CHRISTMAS OF THAT YEAR, IT WAS BACK AND WORSE THAN EVER. I WENT TO 7 DOCTORS AND TRIED 7 DIFFERENT THINGS. FOUND A DOC WHO SPECIALIZES IN IT AND HE FOUND OUT THAT I WASN'T PRODUCING ANY EGGS BECAUSE OF IT. SO HE TOOK ME OFF OF EVERYTHING. EVEN TYLENOL. THAT WAS IN JULY OF 1999. AND NOVEMBER 27, 1999 I FOUND OUT I WAS PREG. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HERE THOSE WORDS. 5 MONTHS AGO I HAD MY BABY GIRL. BUT NOW EVER SINCE I WAS PREG. I HAVE BEEN GETTING REOCCURRING YEAST INFECTIONS. AND 6 MONTHS INTO MY PREG. MY MOUTH STARTED TO BREAK OUT IN CANKER SORES INSIDE AND ON MY THROAT. NOW EVERYTIME I GET READY FOR MY 3 WEEK BED STAY, I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE YEAST INFECTIONS THAT ARE WORSE THAN BEFORE AND THE CANKER SORES IN MY MOUTH. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING ANOTHER BABY IN ABOUT 1YR AND A HALF. AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO MISS THEM GROWING UP BECAUSE I AM SICK.