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Stories
2 July 2021

I used to think excruciating back, leg, and abdomen pain was just a part of growing up. I remember running out of class in high school to vomit in the bathroom, feeling myself getting dizzier as I thought to myself “I guess girls just have...

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Stories
20 May 2021

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...

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Stories
4 May 2021

I 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...

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Stories
11 March 2021

Living 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...

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Stories
9 March 2021

I 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...

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Stories
9 March 2021

Narcotics are all that worked for me and I had zero issues with substance abuse with how I took the medication. Even though I was careful I was treated as if I was seeking drugs for recreation, which has caused a massive distrust in our...

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Stories
5 March 2021

Endometriosis takes everything away from you: your job, your friends, your spouse, your ability to think clearly, because the pain is too intense....

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Stories
5 March 2021

Endometriosis 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...

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Stories
24 February 2021

If I sit too long it feels as though my ovaries are going to explode, I struggle with shortness of breath, chest pain, nerve pain in my legs amongst other symptoms. I have been waiting for 18 months to see a pain management specialist although...

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Stories
23 January 2021

I 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...

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Stories
14 January 2021

I 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...