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Stories
6 February 2022

I'm a 36 year old. I have always had irregular, painful and heavy periods since I began my period when I was 12yrs old. I was nauseous, missed a lot of school and headaches all the time. When brought up to my family doctor at...

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Stories
6 February 2022

I always had bad cramps growing up, put on birth control at 15. Then sex became terribly painful in my early 20s. Like a light switch, one day at the age of 23, my main symptoms began: 3 out of 4 weeks a month I...

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Stories
6 February 2022

The ritual begins with the familiar battle cry of pain brought to life by the rats gnawing through what once resembled my remaining ovary. The intrusive cavalry known for their swordsmanship arrives swiftly, disabling my ability to stand upright. The final reinforcements are called forth...

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Stories
5 February 2022

Endometriosis is a life long condition that some people struggle with for most of their lives. It can effect every part of a person’s well being and is one of the leading causes of infertility in women. Yet not a lot is known about the...

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Stories
5 February 2022

20 years. It took 20 years for me to be diagnosed. Some of that was because I didn't know how to advocate for myself. Everyone told me periods are "supposed to hurt". When I asked GPs and gynecologists why my cramps were bad, why it...

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Stories
5 February 2022

Endometriosis involves a rollercoaster of emotions. It really tests your limits both mentally and physically. Some days you will wake up being like I got this, I am not letting this condition control my life and other days you are completely defeated in every way...

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Stories
23 January 2022

Endometriosis lead me to years of suffering . Lead me to a life of depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and many trips to the already over crowded and busy emergency department. Made me miss work a lot, robbed me of spending quality time with my kids...

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Stories
23 January 2022

My symptoms started with every day spotting which was resolved by starting birth control at age 19. I had my first flare up at 31 after coming off birth control to try and conceive. The pain was so bad it woke me up with a...

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Stories
16 January 2022

I had a lot of pain at the beginning of my period. I also as a teenager had very wild acne. I bleed very heavily when I am permitted to have periods -- more than an overnight pad per hour....

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Stories
16 January 2022

Endometriosis has taken a lot of things like my job I was doing home care, taking care of others. It made me happy, now I just stay home or go out for rides. I also tried walking around in stores but I felt like I...

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Stories
8 January 2022

To receive a diagnosis of Endometriosis took me eight years of persistently advocating for myself, starting from the age of 13. My periods were never normal, and I knew this from talking to my friends about their periods. Between the ages of 13 and 20,...

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Stories
8 January 2022

From age 14 to 21 I must have had weekly visits with my family doctor. He never sent me to any specialists, just tried different birth control pills because he kept telling me “all girls my age have cramps”. When I was 21 my appendix...