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Stories
6 September 2021

I 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...

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Stories
6 September 2021

My 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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Stories
6 September 2021

 My pain would last weeks then subside for a few weeks then come right back. Sometimes it wouldn’t really stop. I couldn’t stand up straight , it would always be sharp knife like pains and then just tight cramps. Even sitting sometimes would cause a...

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Stories
11 July 2021

 Knowing you are in so much pain, and not knowing why, really does have an impact on your mental health. It doesn’t help when you get the run around from doctors, being told it’s all in your head and nothings physically wrong. I didn’t sleep...

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Stories
30 June 2021

I've dealt with period pain since day one but was always told it was normal. I lost my left fallopian tube when I was 19 but was incorrectly diagnosed. When I was 22 they suspected endometriosis but I'm considered high risk for surgery so no...

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Stories
28 June 2021

I had to adjust sleep positions. I didn't want to be touched on my right pelvic side. It was something I had to work around constantly. My partner didn't understand and had no empathy. I probably tried mentioning it a few times but he didn't...

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Stories
21 May 2021

Since endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women, endometriosis identification and care need to be better integrated into medical school training. Primary care providers need to be made more aware of endometriosis symptoms - including atypical presentations - in order to refer patients for timely specialist...

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Stories
20 May 2021

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...

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Stories
18 May 2021

It 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...

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Stories
13 May 2021

The 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...

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Stories
7 May 2021

I 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...

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Stories
7 May 2021

The 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...