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11 October 2021

The day before I get my period is the worst day. Suddenly, I’ll get the most intense pain in my pelvic area. It’s so bad that I physically can’t move without wanting to scream. I’ll take Naproxen and go into the shower and allow the...

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Stories
11 October 2021

Endometriosis is invisible. I'm pretty sure if someone looked at me, they would not be able to tell I am in pain. I hide it well because I don't have a choice. I need to go to school and work, I need to do things...

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Stories
11 October 2021

Having endometriosis, for me, was like permanently having the stomach flu. The pain was so bad, it was like a knife twisting into my pelvis and by extension, my intestines, forcing me to retreat to the bathroom...

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Stories
3 October 2021

Endometriosis has affected my day-to-day life first starting when I was a teenager and missing school a lot because of pain and not being able to move or get out of bed, to my young adult life where it started affecting my ability to hold...

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Stories
3 October 2021

It took decades for me to find a doctor that would listen to me about the negative impacts my periods were having on my life. I have only ever been offered various pain prescriptions. Hospital visits offered the most (albeit temporary) relief through a combination...

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Stories
3 October 2021

I cannot be spontaneous and have missed many social gatherings. My illness makes me unreliable at times. As someone who is un-partnered, dating has been difficult due to ablelist mentalities & my inability to predict my symptoms nor timeline of treatment....

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Stories
22 September 2021

My journey with Endometriosis began at 15 when my periods were so unbearable and monthly of staying home suffering with severe cramping and heavy periods. I was diagnosed finally after an emergency operation at the age of 18...

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Stories
22 September 2021

the pain became so intense and persistent that I became severely fatigued and sleep-deprived. It sometimes felt like my own body was slowly trying to shut down and felt that the whole world was against me. As the pain worsens as the weeks goes by,...

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Stories
12 September 2021

Endometriosis has caused my life to basically just become hell on top of being trans. I feel that being trans was a bigger hinderance than the pain and it just felt like another anomaly in my body to set me back that came with being...

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Stories
12 September 2021

I dealt with these worsening symptoms through high school and my undergrad. I started to have severe bleeding and cramps that made me miss school and work. When I started my master’s, I started to have pain with sex and with exercise. I would go...

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Stories
12 September 2021

On going chronic pain in my lower abdomen, my bowels, my back and down my legs. Fatigue - brain fog- memory issues. Irregular bleeding between periods Unpredictable crippling painful periods. Socially suffering - taking a toll on my family and support people. Unable to function...

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Stories
12 September 2021

I was trying to get rid of my baby weight 10 years ago working out. I was doing my 75th sit up and my groin was in so much pain. I went to the doctor and was told it’s basically menstrual pain. I later moved...