Hi, I hope it's ok to post this here. I am recovering from exploratory reproductive surgery last week that discovered 2 stage 3 'patches' of endo - one on my bowel and one on my ureta. The surgeons explained that location meant they couldn't remove them without a specialist bowel surgeon. I am asymptomatic besides reasonably painful periods (had the surgery because my fertility doctor suggested I may have silent endo) and they suggested I go ahead and proceed with IVF because 1. the endo is bad enough that they feel it's the cause of our fertility problems and 2. because surgery to remove it could damage my reproductive organs so better to do that post-ivf. I feel really baffled by the whole thing. Can I please ask: - what questions would you recommend asking the doctor in a follow up appt? I don't want to sit there and waste time when I could be getting answers but I feel SO overwhelmed by this. - any experience of choosing not to operate on stage 3 endo in these areas? they seemed to thing if I stay asymptomatic it's ok to be left but googling ureta endo has left me in tears and terrified. - literally any advice welcome. I feel like I've just landed in a foreign planet and I know so little about this condition and what it means for my life, how to manage it etc. any thoughts, advice, anything is so welcome.   submitted by   /u/Salt-Watercress6221 [link]   [comments]