And I decided, if I have to travel I might as well go to the best. It became clear that I would have to travel out of state if I wanted an expert endometriosis surgery to get my life back. Choosing the Center for Endometriosis Care If a surgeon isn’t on those lists, here are also some vetting questions to help determine if they’re an expert. HOW DO YOU TELL IF AN ENDOMETRIOSIS SURGEON IS AN EXPERT? | One way to tell if a surgeon is an expert is if they are approved by I Care Better, or one of the “Nook-approved” surgeons in the Nancy’s Nook Endometriosis Education group. I needed surgery and I couldn’t keep waiting for a miracle. In desperation, I ended up meeting with two more surgeons in Michigan and asking them my vetting questions, which they miserably failed with major red flags… all the while I was getting sicker and sicker, with my pain sometimes preventing me from working. The problem is… my health insurance would only cover surgery in state.
My retired surgeon’s office recommended some surgeons to replace him, but they were ALL out of state. I’d already had one failed endometriosis surgery and I knew I had to see an expert surgeon – or suffer more years of pain. Of course, there are many general OB/GYNs who will perform endometriosis surgery, but not at the expert level I (and most people) need. This meant that there were no more skilled endometriosis specialists in the entire state (Note: this has now changed, check out Michigan’s new excision expert here). I had to travel out of state for my endometriosis surgery because the surgeon I was scheduled to see in my home state retired. Unfortunately, many of us with endometriosis feel forced to make this decision based on a severe lack of skilled excision surgeons where we live. Nobody would willingly choose to travel long distances for surgery. The first step in this long journey was choosing my endometriosis surgeon.
If you are also heading to the CEC, this will be very helpful! Even if you are going to see a different surgeon, this information is still generalizable.
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I’m working on a batch of blog posts all about this crazy journey!Ģ5 Gift Ideas for Someone with Endometriosisġ7 Endometriosis Awareness Shirts Every Endo Warrior Needs Pre-endometriosis surgery selfie! How to Prepare for Endometriosis Surgery… in 12 StepsĪ lot of this article is specific to my experience and the processes at the Center for Endometriosis Care. If you’d like to read about what my excision surgery was actually like, and my tips for endometriosis surgery recovery, please stay tuned. I hope it is a helpful, comprehensive guide for anyone else considering the CEC, or otherwise traveling for endometriosis surgery. In this blog post I share step-by-step how I prepared for surgery at the CEC. But, spoiler: it has more than paid off and I am feeling better than I could have imagined! This endometriosis surgery was a huge undertaking emotionally, physically, and financially.
I flew from Michigan to Atlanta, Georgia, where I had surgery with Dr. This was my second surgery for endometriosis (you can read about my diagnostic laparoscopy here), but the first surgery I’ve ever had to travel out of state for. I am now over six months post endometriosis excision surgery at the Center for Endometriosis Care (CEC). Wondering how to prepare for endometriosis surgery? I am here to help you.
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