I have to be careful how I exercise or play with my kids because it can cause painful flare ups for a couple of days afterwards. The pressure and ache throbs inside my hips and radiats down my thighs making it difficult to focus and...
En lire plusEndometriosis has and still impacts my quality of life. Back as a teenager, I would miss many school days a year because of all the pain I was constant pain and when I finally got a job I would need to do modified work. To...
En lire plusEndometriosis has had a significant impact on both my career path and my ability to have children. At 28 I was told there was almost no chance I would conceive naturally and would need to go through the IVF process in order to try to...
En lire plusI lost out on my ability to have my own children - something I had wanted since I was a child. It wasn't a choice. I was robbed of that gift. I was mad at my body for not doing what it was made to do...
En lire plusThere needs to be more support and help available. I feel like, since it’s not life threatening and seen as a female issue it is shoved to the side and your symptoms don’t matter and you have to beg for help....
En lire plusThus far, my treatments have not worked. I have fortunately had all of my treatments (birth control, pain killers, and surgery) covered by my provincial government and extended health plan but have had issues with pharmacists creating barriers to getting my birth control. I do...
En lire plusEndometriosis patients in Canada need to advocate for themselves if they want effective treatments. Too often, we're put on hormonal therapies at very young ages and told that this is the best that can be done for us until we're ready to have kids/ready for...
En lire plusDépendamment des jours, je ne pouvais par exemple pas mettre mon pantalon: l'action de lever la jambe était douloureuse. Vivre avec une endométriose, c'est devoir annuler des sorties ou soirées avec des ami.e.s à la dernière minute parce que soudainement on a des douleurs ou...
En lire plusI was very lucky to have been diagnosed and undergone surgery in less than a year. During the surgery the doctor referred to my internal situation as a “war zone.” She had to also remove my appendix since it was covered in endo cysts. I...
En lire plusEndo affects everything for me. Work, sexual life, social activities. If you don't feel well, your not yourself. ...
En lire plusIt took ten years for me to get diagnosed with endometriosis. I started having symptoms in high school, such as long and irregular periods, extreme pain during ovulation, and extreme pain during periods or leading up to a period. I think it took 4 doctors...
En lire plusI think it's important for people to know that while we have good days, it doesn't mean we aren't sick; flares can happen at any time. Also, intense period pain isn't normal....
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