Hey everyone,

So today I've done well, I went out to town and did quite a bit of walking and I managed really well until the last half an hour or so. It helped that whilst I was out I saw a friend who's coming round in a bit to cheer me up. She's amazing and completely understands me and my endo. She is the only friend I have as there's never any time that I go out to socialise and I'd guess that most of you are the same. I always feel tired and I feel like I just want to snuggle up in bed and stay there all day. It wears me out being in pain all the time and it doesn't help that my fiance wakes up at 5am for work. I still haven't figured out how to stay awake till 9-10 pm but I'll get there I guess.

I also spoke to one of my fiance's mates and he has gone for acupuncture today for a torn ligament in his knee. I have occasionally heard of this for endo girls but its not spoke about that often. I'm absolutely terrified of needles and the thought of having lots put in my body at once freaks me out but I think I might be willing to give it a go. I don't know if any of you girls reading this have had it done but it would be great to hear off any of you that have and maybe give me a brief rundown of how it feels, what happens and if it works. I'm considering it but I will have to really think about it.

Again today, I've got home and not moved. The pain is incredibly strong but bearable. I am having cramps like a period but there's no show yet which is always worse than actually bleeding because I always get caught out and then I'm in a mess. (Sorry if that's TMI but someone has to talk about it! And if you're a guy then I really do apologise for that, but now you understand a little more why girls get grouchy because sh*t like that happens) Anyway, I'm hoping that nothing happens as I hate being on as I'm in so much pain. I am currently using contraceptive patches, Evra, which did work and made it less painful and lighter but now I've started getting heavier and there's more pain. Not as bad as before but it's there. I don't know what to do about it, whether to wait for my gynae appointment or to just do something via my GP.

So again, that's about it for today, sorry for the TMI but no one talks about periods, its very taboo but why should it be? Men are used to us having babies and being there for the birth so why can't we talk about periods in front of them?! They're not stupid, they know every woman gets them yet we never mention it in front of them and I personally think that they should be involved in things like this, they can give us more support if they understand a bit more about it. Don't get me wrong I'm not gonna go all "free bleed" on you all (google it with great caution!!!!) but I definitely think that men should know more about it. And know more about endo, my fiance could be a specialist I tell him so much about it all.

That was supposed to be the end of this, I'll try again. So, that's about it now. Please do contact me or leave a comment if you want to share a story about acupuncture for endo. Thanks for reading through my rambling.

Leya :) xo