Lack of Endometriosis Surgery Reimbursement in the US

[4everblessed1love]

I'm all out of words to even express how painful,frustrating & how noone has a clue how this feels until they experience it for themselves !!!

[Merely]

this was filmed 3 and a half years ago. any changes? is there more hope now? have suffered for years and am looking forward to old age at this point. sad.

[Perfektpeace]

I agree with everyone...this is stupid. First, male doctors have no idea what we go through. And nothing works. What the hell is going on. I have had to laps..and in the process of getting a 3rd. I have tried meds and all the other recommended stuff. NOTHING WORKS!!!

[drjenasty]

And fly out of the country to find a doctor? Who can afford that? I am willing to bet that no man or men's issue would EVER be told that his only option for optimum care is to fly out of the country. Thank goodness men have medical treatment for impotency but what about women?? We have double the sexual health issues yet we get no help whatsoever. Drugs that don't work, surgery that makes it worse, doctors that don't care. I'm furious!

[drjenasty]

This seriously upsets me. Why do we keep getting the run around reguarding this disease?? If it were a man and a men's health issue you better damn well believe that there'd be cures for it. It angers me that we have to go through this! We are going through horrific treatment with dehabiliting side effects of being induced into menopause only to hear that it's not even working. Then we can't get the actual "cure" because some jerk insurance company doesn't want to pay for it. I'm so upset!!

[crismarschmidt]

Wow, I know this firsthand. My Dr did the bare minimum telling me I had stage 3 but somehow he would never find very much endo, odd since I was still in so much pain.  Now because my doctor took the easy way out I have to deal with this even more aggressively. ARGH How ridiculous to treat people this way.

[TheEndoBitch]

Jesus, talk about injustice. What an embarrassment.

[timsgirl1099]

I agree i had a complete in 1994 and thought it was a cure boy was i wrong:"(

after hysterectomy 3 more operations after havin 13 ops before

and now i still have

why dont they just come out and say the truth its the next female Cancer!!!

[Naturebound]

Bravo for showing this and getting the truth out there! I had a total hysterectomy/bilateral oopherectomy for endometriosis and the disease was left behind. I still suffer pain 2 1/2 years later and another surgery. Now I have even more severe problems/costs as a result of the hysterectomy. I would have saved money (as would my insurance, but maybe not the doctor) if I would have paid more for excision of just the endometriosis.