Having endometriosis, for me, was like permanently having the stomach flu. The pain was so bad, it was like a knife twisting into my pelvis and by extension, my intestines, forcing me to retreat to the bathroom...
En lire plusEndometriosis has affected my day-to-day life first starting when I was a teenager and missing school a lot because of pain and not being able to move or get out of bed, to my young adult life where it started affecting my ability to hold...
En lire plusIt took decades for me to find a doctor that would listen to me about the negative impacts my periods were having on my life. I have only ever been offered various pain prescriptions. Hospital visits offered the most (albeit temporary) relief through a combination...
En lire plusI cannot be spontaneous and have missed many social gatherings. My illness makes me unreliable at times. As someone who is un-partnered, dating has been difficult due to ablelist mentalities & my inability to predict my symptoms nor timeline of treatment....
En lire plusEndometriosis has caused my life to basically just become hell on top of being trans. I feel that being trans was a bigger hinderance than the pain and it just felt like another anomaly in my body to set me back that came with being...
En lire plusI dealt with these worsening symptoms through high school and my undergrad. I started to have severe bleeding and cramps that made me miss school and work. When I started my master’s, I started to have pain with sex and with exercise. I would go...
En lire plusOn going chronic pain in my lower abdomen, my bowels, my back and down my legs. Fatigue - brain fog- memory issues. Irregular bleeding between periods Unpredictable crippling painful periods. Socially suffering - taking a toll on my family and support people. Unable to function...
En lire plusI was trying to get rid of my baby weight 10 years ago working out. I was doing my 75th sit up and my groin was in so much pain. I went to the doctor and was told it’s basically menstrual pain. I later moved...
En lire plusI was in nursing school in a pandemic when the symptoms started. My pain felt like a sharp stabbing pain and it was located on my right side. This pain usually happened prior to my menstrual periods but eventually then became an ongoing issue. The...
En lire plusThis disease is like no other; Prior to excision surgery, I daily felt like I was being impaled by a tree branch in my abdomen coupled with feeling like my back was being sawed in half. I also had extreme fatigue, “foggy brain”, migraines, unpredictable...
En lire plusI have anxiety because I'm always anticipating pain. I'm afraid to be in public alone when a flare up hits. Sometimes something as simple as urinating gives me anxiety because pain usually follows. I've suffered from depression on and off because of my limitations. Sometimes...
En lire plusMy symptoms come and go, are sometimes vague, and difficult to connect with any definitive imaging or testing. I've been on Visanne for the past couple of years which has definitely helped decrease the severity of my symptoms but not get rid of them...
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