I was diagnosed with endometriosis when I was 20. I’d spent almost 8 years fighting with my parents. The pain I was feeling WAS real. I wasn’t faking the curled up, rolling aroung on the floor type pain. And birth control didn’t help control my pain. One month after I …
Read More »Sarah’s Story (Endometriosis)
I started my period when I was 9 years old. It was the scariest thing that had ever happened to me. Shortly after that, the pain and the bleeding was uncontrollable. My mom was concerned (she and her mother have endometriosis). She took me to the doctor and they just …
Read More »Diana’s Story (Endometriosis)
My name is Diana. I’m 23 and I was diagnosed with endometriosis on January 21st of 2011 which was when I had my lap procedure done. I had always had painful periods growing up even though my period started at a normal time for a girl. It wasn’t until …
Read More »Annaliese’s Story (Endometriosis)
Hello ladies, I’m Annaliese. I’m 20 and I have been fighting the pain of endometriosis since the age of 14. I had my childhood doctor tell me there’s nothing wrong, that it’s normal to miss periods. She also didn’t care about the pain. They put me on the 10-day pill …
Read More »Lindsay’s Story (Endometriosis)
Well, where to begin!! When I first got my period, it was extremely heavy and painful! I was put on birth control about a week after that to see if that would help. It definitely made a huge difference up until 2005 when it all began! I was at work …
Read More »Lanah’s Story (Endometriosis)
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 …
Read More »Samantha’s Story (Endometriosis)
“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 …
Read More »Gillian’s Story (Endometriosis)
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 …
Read More »Anastashia’s Story (Endometriosis)
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 …
Read More »Faith’s Story (Endometriosis)
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 …
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