After a year of Lupron (which was a total miracle drug for me) and the insertion of a Mirena, I’ve been pain free for almost a year and a half now. It completely turned my life around, and I was healthy and happy. For years I was totally incapacitated by painful periods, bleeding, nausea, the whole nine yards.

Now, all of a sudden, the pain is back. Today is the first time in as long as I can remember that I’ve had to call out of work due to endo pain. I’ll be chatting with my doctor about it soon, so I’m not worried about it from a health perspective, but on an emotional level, it’s devastating. I was doing so well and now this pain is back. I know this is expected but it had been so long, I thought I might be free for good. It feels like I’m reliving trauma from the past. The pain is one thing, but I feel like I’m a failure, and depressed, and all sorts of terrible emotions.

Has anyone else had this happen? How do you cope with the emotional effects of the pain returning?