Endometriosis affects everything in my day-to-day life. It affects my moods which can swing rapidly. It also affects my ability to complete assignments for my university classes. The fatigue causes a lot of brain fog making it hard to write essays. Worst of all, endometriosis...
En lire plusI really want a baby and the excision doctor says an excision might mean I can get pregnant. I’m so close to 40 and I’m worried about the wait. I mean it’s a pandemic so I have to wait it out, but being on the...
En lire plusLiving in chronic pain and not being able to parent, socialize, work, or take care of myself at times has been extremely difficult. Some days I thought my husband and son would be better off without me and I was an extreme burden on both...
En lire plusI ended up over time changing my job to something more sedentary to avoid missing work. I used to work as an RN in hospitals, and eventually moved into occupational health nursing, and my role in this type of nursing allowed me to work from...
En lire plusEndometriosis takes everything away from you: your job, your friends, your spouse, your ability to think clearly, because the pain is too intense....
En lire plusEndometriosis may have been the reason I had such difficulty becoming pregnant and the reason for my miscarriages. It stole the ability for me to have a biological child. On the other hand it gave me a powerful internal drive of advocacy and the passion...
En lire plusI missed a lot of high school because I was in so much pain and so nauseous that I couldn't get out of bed. My doctor was really nice but she never suspected anything other than the typical period pain. When I was in my...
En lire plusI have constant pain on my left side, most intently in the groin & hip area but that radiates to my butt cheek and down my leg to my knee. I am unable to lay or sleep on my left side and find no relief...
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