At the same time, trying to exhaust every option feels like the only way to prove I need what I need. It’s exhausting trying to be taken seriously about your own body.

If they don’t want to perform minimally invasive surgery now, how am I supposed to get help if the ablation doesn’t work and causes scarring that could require a more invasive procedure later?

evidence that losing weight will improve pre/post op outcomes. If anything, it can make me more vulnerable after surgery, which HAES-informed providers have been saying. And as someone with a history of an ED, that feels like the opposite of healthcare.

I’m expected to try an ablation, but that might not actually help with my pain and am now reading that going through with it could make it harder to get a hysterectomy or excision later, especially at my bmi. But there’s no real

Whenever I bring up a hysterectomy or excision surgery, it feels like I have to convince someone my pain is real enough to deserve it and that the pros outweigh the cons.