Hi....I had confirmed endometriosis. I say "had" because I ended up getting a total hysterectomy which took care of the excruciating pain I dealt with daily for literally years. Its a miserable disease and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I was chronically anemic, ridiculously long periods and I should have owned stock in feminine products, LOL. I had 2 major surgeries before my hyst to clean out the endometriosis. In all 3 surgeries I had to be completely opened up because there was so much to remove. My first surgery, I was cut bone to bone, the second and third was belly button to pelvic bone. All 3 were at least 3-4 hours long. Let me know if I can answer any questions about it.