Tag Archives: endometriosis

I have always had bad periods. The cramps were unbearable, but it really got bad when I was 18 years old. I remember waking up and barely making it to the bathroom, and that was when I hit the floor. The pain was so bad, I couldn’t move. My mother …

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 …

I was diagnosed with Endometriosis, PCOS and Hydrosalpinx nearly three years ago on 17th March 2012 during a diagnostic lap. I had previously undergone an emergency appendectomy only ten months earlier after collapsing in pain at work. I was diagnosed during my second lap, but it wasn’t treated until three …

I never realised how many people in the world have been diagnosed with endometriosis. It is something that no one can or will ever understand who hasn’t physically been through it themselves. The pain and the discomfort. No one understands. At the age of 17, I fell pregnant. I had …

Looking at TV commercials, bullies at school, and the rest of the girls around me, I knew something was different about me. Something that I could not really describe at the time. I sounded crazy. I was 14, and I was gaining so much weight, no matter what I did. No …

Women are without a doubt stronger than men. What do men have to worry about? We are stuck with these reproductive organs that do nothing really but cause us HELL from the time they begin functioning. We have periods, cramps, endo, cancer, dysplasia, cysts, mood swings, and oh, when that’s …

Hello. I was first diagnosed with endometriosis when I was 19. I struggled with the pain for two years before being diagnosed. I have been truly blessed with an amazing doctor that I believe in and who believes in me too. I have had five surgeries since my diagnosis. I …

When I was eight years old I got my first period. I had a lot of cramps that used to put me in the hospital. My mother thought I was too young to see a gyno so I didn’t see one. My mother picked my doctor when I was 16 …

When I was sixteen, I received a string of pearls. No, not the kind you wear around your neck; mine happened to be on my ovaries. Just weeks after my birthday I was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome. A few months later, I was diagnosed with interstitial cystitis. My pain …

I am not exactly sure when all my problems started. I have had problems with my period for as long as I can remember. I was put on birth control because my PMS, cramping, and bleeding were so bad. As the years went on, I starting having horrible stomach pains …