I don't want to wait anymore I'm tired of looking for answers, take me some place where there's music and there's laughter

A little update...

The really exciting news is that in a month I'm going to be an OT! I have a job (a rotation, not sure where I'm starting yet) but its perfect, my ideal first job. Uni has been insane... They weren't lying when they said third year was hard! All I have left is one exam now, in 2 weeks then I have a couple of weeks off until I start my job.

I have been having acupuncture for my endo. I have hope for my treatment, and although I have not had a significant reduction in my pain yet, I am pretty sure that without it I would be much worse off because I seem to be having a bad episode anyway. Also, its helping me sleep and I tend to feel really nice and relaxed straight after treatment. So my endo has become a bit viscious recently, and I do believe that without acupuncture I would be a lot worse.

I have managed to keep up with all my work and deadlines, but it hasn't been easy. My endo has stirred things up quite a bit. I wasn't that happy with some of the work I have handed in, but it could have been a lot worse and I hope I have done enough to get the results that I want, because I have been working hard! 

My coil seems to be losing it's effectiveness. My pain has been very inflammatory and everything is very tender, as if I'm covered in bruises. This is a bit worrying because this shouldn't really be happening a year post-coil. I have also had an increase in nerve pain, to the extent that I have it pretty much all day every day. It feels like electricity. It makes me wonder if the coil is hurting me. I'm chasing up my specialist to try and get another appointment to discuss everything.

I am coping quite well though. I have my strategies, and I have a little TENS machine that I can stick to my stomach and no one knows its there, which is perfect for when I'm at uni or out somewhere, in pain and can't curl up in a ball with a hot water bottle! I'm scared about how its going to be when I start working, because I have always struggled on placement even when things were pretty good. Its just exhausting working full time whilst trying to manage severe chronic pain, but the rewards of the job are worth it.