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Stories
17 January 2021

I lost out on my ability to have my own children - something I had wanted since I was a child. It wasn't a choice. I was robbed of that gift. I was mad at my body for not doing what it was made to do...

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Stories
17 January 2021

There needs to be more support and help available. I feel like, since it’s not life threatening and seen as a female issue it is shoved to the side and your symptoms don’t matter and you have to beg for help....

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Stories
17 January 2021

Thus far, my treatments have not worked. I have fortunately had all of my treatments (birth control, pain killers, and surgery) covered by my provincial government and extended health plan but have had issues with pharmacists creating barriers to getting my birth control. I do...

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Stories
17 January 2021

I think it's important for people to know that while we have good days, it doesn't mean we aren't sick; flares can happen at any time. Also, intense period pain isn't normal....

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Stories
17 January 2021

Endometriosis patients in Canada need to advocate for themselves if they want effective treatments. Too often, we're put on hormonal therapies at very young ages and told that this is the best that can be done for us until we're ready to have kids/ready for...

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Stories
14 January 2021

The impact endometriosis has had on my quality of life as well as my mental and emotional well-being is both difficult to describe and to admit to....

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Stories
14 January 2021

Some days I am in total warrior mode where you just keep telling yourself, "I can do this, things could always be worse," and other days I cannot believe this is my life. I cannot believe at age 24 I had to go off work,...

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Stories
14 January 2021

It is an invisible illness but it really impacts and in many ways controls your life. I've had to learn this is my new normal. I've gone through basically a mourning period coming to terms with living with a chronic illness....

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Stories
14 January 2021

Finding treatment for endometriosis was difficult. My mother had to assist me at doctors appointments because I was so young, doctors felt I couldn’t be experiencing as much pain as I was....

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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...

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Stories
14 January 2021

By 2017 I had landed a very senior role as the director of sales for a biotech company. But that year the endo pain took my life away from me. I was throwing up in the middle of business meetings. I was entertaining through gritted...