Je ressens des chocs électriques dans le ventre. Une pression si forte que j’ai de la difficulté à marcher. Impossible de dormir, même sous médication. Et les saignements sont extrêmement abondants....
En lire plusÀ quoi ressemblent vos symptômes d'endométriose ? Au tout début, symptômes très très légers et non inquiétants. C’est à la suite d’une consultation pour infertilité que j’ai subi une laparoscopie exploratrice. Diagnostic : endométriose et les seuls remèdes étaient une grossesse ou la ménopause. Ensuite,...
En lire plusI originally thought my Appendix ruptured when I first was diagnosed with it. With my flares, my symptoms range from Sharp stabbing pain that makes me unable to stand, often combined with a migraine and nausea. Then there’s the one, dull throbbing pain for about...
En lire plusMy 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...
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