Hello! I have had very severe endo since my early twenties. I'm now able to live with it due to a very knowledgable surgeon. I did lots of research on endo and found that if you do not have a surgeon that recognizes the appearance of the endometrial tissue that he/she wil not remove enough. Where do you live? I am in North Florida. I would be more than happy to share his name and also any information I've learned about endometriosis. By the way, I think Shelley is right on the money about the liver affecting this. I also have systemic candida and all these problems started around the time I was given MANY repeated course of Antibiotics . (I've heard the Antibiotics congest your liver and that causes too much estrogen to be stored there, among other problems ).