You are going to get many responses to this quesion. A lot of people believe that surgery should never be done because they cause more adhesions. Others (like me) believe that surgery can help relieve the pain. The one thing I will tell you is that you should not have a "diagnostic" lap.
If they are going in, they should at least remove the adhesions & endo causing the problem. Also, I would highly suggest finding a really good doc to do the lap. It is importnat to have an endo specialist deal with it.
I also wanted to let you know something one of my docs told me.
Apparently, the uro-sactial ligamnet (I am not sure how to spell it) can cause pain on the right side. I did not know that before my last lap. I had my right ovary & tube removed because most of my pain is on my right side. My pain is still mostly on the right side. Apparently the adhesions on that ligament is causing me pain.
Good luck. I hope you get some relief.
-- RachAt Wed, 1 Jun 2005, nancy wrote: > >I have been in pain for 5 years, from >adhesions and endo.