Pain Journals

When you have endometriosis, having pain is the part of the disease that becomes absolutely unbearable.

In my experience, doctors look at you like you have ten heads, if you tell them you are in excruciating pain. That is not enough for them.

It is very important to keep a pain journal.  Keep track of this daily. The way I had mine was I set up different columns.

1.  Day
2.  Time of day
3.  Activity I was doing
4.  Duration of pain (how long it lasted)
5.  Scale of 1 to 10, the severity of it.
6.  Medication taken
7.  How long it took for medication to take effect (if at all)
8.  Pain scale of 1 to 10 1/2 hour after taking the medication

Also keep track of what foods you are eating! Remember that endometriosis is partly a hormonal imbalance that thrives on excess estrogen.  For example, although soy products are supposed to be healthy, they are incredibly unhealthy for women with endometriosis.

I hope this helps! Namaste and don't give up!