My first symptom was a constant pain on the right side (3 times mistaken by appendicitis). Then, it would be the infamous endo belly, the pressure of a balloon growing and pressing my insides. Pain while peeing and pooping. After that, it only got worse....
En lire plusAfter having suffered painful periods for years, they changed after having children. More pain, more bleeding, heavy clotting, and dizziness. Sometimes I missed periods. Sometimes they happened every 2 weeks, sometimes there was spotting in between....
En lire plusI have been going to the Doctor to treat painful periods from age 12. Put on birth control age 13 to 19. 19-27 seeking help from local GP. Wouldn’t refer me to a gynecologist saying pain could be in my head and that I had...
En lire plusI got my first period at 9 years old, first felt pain at 14, then extreme pain at 15/16. My family doctor didn't care, kept giving me medications for pain (I didn't take them, just stuck with regular over the counter acetaminophen). I gave up...
En lire plusI started menstruating at 11yrs old. By 13, I knew my long list of extreme symptoms couldn’t possibly be “normal”. I went to doctors, gynecologist, health clinics and spoke to nurses for almost 7 years. Each one telling me my experience was “normal”, “this is...
En lire plusI was lucky to have a very normal and painless period when I first got it. It wasn’t until I was 21 I started having cramps that got worse as I got older. I thought it was normal with my body changing into my twenties....
En lire plusCurrently, I am on year 8 of my endometriosis journey and the disease has progressed onto my nerves. I was diagnosed (finally) in 2020 and it has just gotten worse since. I am on a nerve medication to help control the fire that burns in...
En lire plusJ'ai toujours eu des menstruations douloureuses, abondantes. J'ai toujours pensé que c'était normal, j'ai appris à vivre avec la douleur. Un matin, j'étais incapable de marcher tellement la douleur était vive. Direction l'hôpital, on ne savait pas trop encore ce que j'avais. J'avais une douleur...
En lire plusC'est une maladie chronique comme le diabète. Arrêtons de voir cette maladie comme de simples menstruations. Arrêtons de dire que cette femme est dans sa "semaine" ! Personne ne devrait supporter de telles douleurs qui ont des répercussions sur tous les aspects de la vie...
En lire plusI had excruciating pain the first 2-3 days of my period. I got my period when I was 11 and the pain started about a year later. I had pain in the middle of my cycle also. I would turn pale and throw up. My...
En lire plusI got my first period young. I had just turned 11 years old and the pain I felt on my first period was pretty intense. I did not know what to expect. I was told it can hurt and it may take a few periods...
En lire plusC'est une maladie chronique comme le diabète. Arrêtons de voir cette maladie comme de simples menstruations. Arrêtons de dire que cette femme est dans sa "semaine" ! Personne ne devrait supporter de telles douleurs qui ont des répercussions sur tous les aspects de la vie...
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