After everything I’ve been through, I figured that I would share my story with you. My name is Lanah and I have been battling Endometriosis for 14 years and counting. My problems started when I was 11 years old when I went through my first period. My periods would get …

“Endometriosis”….. This word used to be so foreign to me. An unknown word, disease, condition. Hard to pronounce and I was finding it even harder to understand.  A disease that is so ‘hush-hush’ – very few know or understand. A disease that the iconic Marilyn Monroe had, Queen Victoria as …

Ever since I began having my periods, they were never regular. I’d have them every six months, or so, and they’d last for 7 long and brutal days. At the age of 12, I saw my gyno who told me that I was probably just constipated and too active. But …

It was a school morning. I woke up around 6:30 am and began to go about my routine. But as I ventured in to the kitchen for my morning cigarette I, according to my mother who was sitting at the kitchen table, collapsed right in the middle of the room. …

I found out for sure I had endometriosis at 21–actually just a few months ago (June 2011). I had been living with horrible periods, cramps, and sadness since I was 12. I had no idea what endo even was until I was 18, sitting in a doctor’s waiting room, reading …

Where do I began? I started my period at the young age of eight. Now, as you can imagine, I was scared out of my mind. Right off the bat, my mother took me to the hospital because they assumed someone was sexually abusing me. That was the worst experience …

My story starts in 2003. My first husband and I were having a miscarriage. They had to do an emergency DNC. After I was released, I continued to have really heavy periods that were so painful I could not get out of bed. So, he and I got a divorce. …

A few years ago I found a lump in my breast, I went in immediately to my doctor who said it was probably nothing, but to have it checked further. After a mammogram and ultrasound, I was told I needed to see a surgeon for a biopsy. The surgeon insisted …

I am 18 years old and was diagnosed with endometriosis a little over three years ago. I have always had terrible menstrual cycles, hardly being able to get out of bed because the cramps were so bad. In November of 2008, out of nowhere, I got this terrible pain in …

I am a breast cancer survivor going on 2 years, PRAISE THE LORD! I have a strong family history of this disease and lost a sister to cancer in 2004. I am proof that you cannot give up hope, no matter what! I thank God for all he has done …