I got excision surgery this past June because I had an EIGHT inch long blood-filled cyst attached to my ovary and it was only once they opened me up that they could even confirm I had endo. My surgeon said he "peeled" the rest of it off my organs. I had none of the typical symptoms and it's only because I have an amazing doctor who took me seriously that I was able to get diagnosed. It typically takes women 8-10 years to get a diagnosis.
I'm focusing a significant amount of my time trying to build a cure for Kate's endometriosis. It's a gnarly and devastating disease that affects 10% of women. Relative to the suffering it creates, it's underfunded, poorly understood and has largely been ignored.