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Endometriosis has effectively ruined my life. It caused me to have severe depression and its affected my relationships

I remember the new specialist saying I was unlucky that I had severe endometriosis but lucky that I only suffered pain one or two days

Surgeries, different contraceptive pills, Mirena IUD, painkillers, cutting down on caffeine and sugar, more exercise, fruits and vegetables.

With endometriosis in the family I made my GP aware

The other symptoms of endometriosis - frequent trips to the bathroom, painful sex, UTI's and internal cystitis

Found on my pelvic sidewalls, bowel & pouch of Douglas. Adhesions on my bowel & a lot of scarring. I was so relieved to have a diagnosis

In the end, after years of suffering and nothing working and the symptoms getting progressively worse, I had a hysterectomy.

I brought up the subject of endometriosis with my doctor but she thought my problem was Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Endometriosis was found in my pouch of douglas. My ovaries, uterus and one fallopian tube were attached to my pelvic wall with scar tissue.

Overall not the outcome I had hoped for, but it’s a lot better than it would have been had I not done anything about it.

It’s bloody hard supporting someone, trying to understand what they are really going through, when you haven’t experienced it yourself.

I began to question – why was this happening to my daughter? 

Whilst studying to be a Medical Herbalist it dawned on me from a case study that I had a lot of the endometriosis symptoms described.

I was told at 14 becoming pregnant might help and a couple of years later was told that I was too young to have endometriosis.

A prognosis of endometriosis does not necessarily mean that your fertility will be affected.

I was determined to find out more about endometriosis.

I decided to fight for a hysterectomy.

I've maanged to keep myself reasonably pain-free through diet and exercise