I was calling in sick for my shifts at the hospital, as I was unable to keep up with my heavy patient load with the amount of pain I was experiencing. My gynecologist told me that if I put a new IUD in, my symptoms...
En lire plusEndometriosis 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 plusIt makes it very difficult for my partner and I to have fun. Although sex can be painful at times, the emotional aspect has driven more of a wedge into our intimacy. I fear of being in pain. I fear of not being enough of...
En lire plusIt had a huge impact on my life , I wasn’t able to work, go to college, have a social life, travel, and I lived in fear I would wake up in pain and end up in the hospital. I didn’t feel like myself during...
En lire plusThe first time I had endo pain it scared me so much and my work was not supportive. Between the pain, the stress at being treated the way I was, I missed some critical errors by another person and the end result is that I...
En lire plusI have learned a lot about the body and holistic approaches now. Now I want to help others in there journey of wellness. No one’s journey is the same and there is not one treatment will work for endometriosis. I now want to advocate for...
En lire plusI have not had a chance for children yet due to being infertile from the endo and the fertility treatments like IUI and IVF in our province are very costly and not covered in our province, I have only wanted to be one thing in...
En lire plusI used to be active and confident and now I feel useless and ashamed of my own pain. I can't be out in public long, pain flare ups appear out of nowhere, I'm exhausted from doing the simplest of tasks and constantly irritable from being...
En lire plusI have definitely become more and more anxious when that time of month comes near. Every new or worsening symptom has me losing hope. It's very distressing. I feel like my body is slowly "breaking" with more and more malfunctions. I fear how bad things...
En lire plusThe only way to build this system is to educate more people about it. Women's health really needs to be better addressed in the entire health care system. Women need to be able to advance in this field, and a lot of times the best...
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 plusPrior to surgery I would constantly miss work, I couldn't exercise, I quit sports, I cancelled dates and plans with friends weekly. I often would spend entire weekends on my couch unable to move. It was very depressing, and you feel very alone and isolated....
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