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Stories
17 January 2021

Endo affects everything for me. Work, sexual life, social activities. If you don't feel well, your not yourself. ...

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Stories
17 January 2021

I have struggled with severe anxiety and panic since my symptoms began. I would dread my period each month because I knew how sick I was going to be. Once the surgeries and invasive tests began it only worsened. I have insomnia and have gone...

by
Stories
17 January 2021

I am 23 and would like to go back to school and get a university degree, I keep postponing this due to my health. It has been 10 years since I first had symptoms and I still have not made progress, meanwhile my life is...

by
Stories
17 January 2021

Endometriosis has and still impacts my quality of life. Back as a teenager, I would miss many school days a year because of all the pain I was constant pain and when I finally got a job I would need to do modified work. To...

by
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

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....

by
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

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....

by
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...