I don’t live with endometriosis; it lives with me. I have never come to terms with my diagnosis

Endometriosis is a painful, genetically predisposed disease that affects women. It is where the interior

I'm lucky: I have endometriosis and am able to go about my life treating this disease like an after-thought.

For every girl, starting their period is a very frightening time in their life.  Imagine

I could be living an entirely different life right now. How? Just one thing would have to change...Someone

Endometriosis. It is one word I have heard since I was a child, yet had no real impact on me until I

Personal background

I started menstruating at the age of 11 which is young for some girls. As long as

I have endometriosis, but I was fortunate enough to have three live births within five pregnancies.

"The pain she is having is all in her head." I will never forget those words as long as I live. This

For several years, I lived in pain and did not know why I had been having severe menstrual cramps. The

Endometriosis: To many people this sounds like a word that was made up, a word that has no meaning.

Last October my mother was diagnosed with colon cancer. I was with her through it all. Doctors, surgeries,

Endometriosis is a chronic condition that affects 1 in 10 women (over 2 million) in the UK alone. It