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27 December 2021

It all started as painful periods. Then it was a period that went on for 7 months straight. Today I'm 23 and 1.5 years into artificial Menopause. My endo still causes me to live in chronic pain, fatigue, and brain fog from it. I have...

26 December 2021

Living with an invisible illness is awful. When you live in pain and everyone tells you that you “look fine” is demoralizing. You are made to feel like it’s all in your head. No one understands, nor do they want to. Women and girls especially...

26 December 2021

My life is significantly different since my symptoms began impacting me. Work is much harder, I am more fatigued and work out less. It is also agitating my spinal stenosis....

26 December 2021

Most of my days leading up to and during my period were unbearable. Intense inflammation, severe abdominal and back pain that radiated down through my hips and pelvis, all while violently throwing up & collapsing on the bathroom floor. It feel like fire ripping through...

26 December 2021

It took 10 years, I was misdiagnosed multiple times, my tests kept coming back normal but I was not getting pregnant this was a key indicator. The doctors were dismissive. I fought for my right to be heard that's how I was diagnosed...

19 December 2021

It's been years I had been experiencing the symptoms, went in/out ER when the pain is intolerable. During my ER visits and series of ultrasounds, there's a visible big cyst in my right ovary, doctors including my old family doctor told me the cyst will...

19 December 2021

At thirteen I was told I had suspected endometriosis and took oral contraceptives to control my pain and abnormal bleeding into my twenties. Upon stopping birth control at 24, my periods were erratic, irregular, and heavier than I was used to--similar to how they were...

19 December 2021

I have had to leave work on very busy days, on days I was in the middle of training. I have missed special occasions because I have been bed ridden. I have had to cancel appointments because I was unsure of whether my upcoming period...

28 November 2021

On m'a enlevé un bout de vessie, le rectum, un bout de colon sigmoïde, mes deux trompes, mon utérus, un ovaire, une partie du péritoine. Je n'aurai jamais d'enfant. Comme beaucoup de gens qui subissent cette même opération du colon pour un cancer, même si...

27 November 2021

C'est stressant d'avoir des douleurs, d'être en processus de diagnostic, de ne pas savoir si nous pourrons avoir des enfants, d'avoir des difficultés sexuelles, moins d'énergie que nos amis, de la difficulté à être bien dans un travail. L'anxiété, la dépression et le sommeil non-récupérateur...

27 November 2021

Cela faisait des années que je souffrais en silence. Je n’avais pas à attendre autant ou penser que ce que je vivais était normal. Il aurait fallu que je consulte plus tôt pour me prendre en main. Si je ne pense pas à moi et...

27 November 2021

10 années à souffrir de menstruations longues et de caillots, de la douleur au dos, aux jambes, au ventre et migraine par dessus cela. Manque d’énergie et l’humeur est difficile. Notre corps au complet fait mal et personne ne comprend, ce n'est pas comme si...