I didn’t have any real problems with my period until I turned 21. I was in NYC at the time, volunteering for a non-profit, when I got the period I will never forget. I woke up with some cramps and discomfort that got increasingly worse as the day went on. …
Read More »Jessica’s Story (Endometriosis)
I found out I had endometriosis shortly after my 24th birthday. I went to the emergency room, thinking maybe I had kidney stones or a bladder infection like I’d had before. After several very awkward tests in front of my boyfriend, they told me I had a cyst on my …
Read More »Shelby’s Story (Endometriosis)
Like most stories I have read, I got my first period when I was 10, while I was at school! As horrified as I was, I thought it was the greatest thing. I felt like a woman. I have battled heavy, painful, and miserable periods since then. They have always …
Read More »Kat’s Story (Endometriosis, Ovarian Cysts)
I started my periods at 10, and from the start, they were painful. I was told that the cramps were normal, despite the fact that I regularly threw up or fainted from pain, and my bleeding couldn’t possibly be as heavy as I claimed. No one actually bothered to measure …
Read More »Renae’s Story (Fibromyalgia, Endometriosis)
I remember so clearly the first time I got my period when I was eleven. A huge stepping stone for most young women, the proof that you are finally a woman! However, I was not relieved. I remember being in tears, crying outside my mom and stepdad’s bedroom door because …
Read More »Jasmine’s Story (Endometriosis)
Hello, my name is Jasmine Wallace. I’ve been suffering with this illness for years. I was diagnosed with endometriosis at 17 years old. Before I was diagnosed, I would have pain in my ovaries. The periods are terrible, just like you ladies’. I would hurt extremely bad, and there were …
Read More »Felicia’s Story (Endometriosis, Ovarian Cysts)
My story starts out like most others’, I would imagine. I got my first period when I was 10 years old, and at first I thought, “Yay! I’m like a woman now!” Little did I know how much my life would be impacted by my periods. For years, I dreaded …
Read More »Rachel’s Story (Endometriosis)
I remember my first period like it was yesterday. It was the day the new pope got elected in 2012, and as my parents were watching the news about it, I was freaking out that there was blood on the toilet paper I had flushed down the toilet. I had …
Read More »Cat’s Story (Endometriosis)
Hi! My name is Cat, and I am 23 years old, feeling like I am going on 45. I was diagnosed with the possibility of having endometriosis when I was 22. Every time my menstrual cycle came around, I would get the worst cramps on the first or second day and …
Read More »Marimer’s Story (Endometriosis)
I was 12 when the pain started. I thought it was normal, so I tried to continue with my life. I remember I used to sit and watch my friends play in tears because I wasn’t able to get up from the bench. The pain wasn’t that bad at the …
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