“My endometriosis journey has been a rollercoaster. I lost my youth, dreams and education.<\/p>\n
I finally got my diagnosis at 20. It felt so good to have a diagnosis. Finally, I was believed.<\/p>\n
I am incredibly lucky that I met my husband young, and I will be eternally grateful that I was able to have two children.<\/p>\n
My periods floored me monthly for at least a week with heavy bleeding and horrendous pain. Then there was the pain that took over my body for the rest of the month too.<\/p>\n
My gynaecologist fought for me and offered me a hysterectomy at 26, shockingly young, but I am so thankful he did. It gave me my life back.<\/p>\n
The next chapter of my life went on for 12 years and, in some ways, I stopped saying I have endometriosis. I think I blanked out all the trauma I\u2019d experienced.<\/p>\n
I had my gallbladder removed in 2019 which seemed to kick my endo off again. It was hard to accept. I had my latest surgery in January 2021, my 5th laparoscopy. I have also had a DNC after a miscarriage, 2 caesarean sections, hysteroscopy, sterilisation, as well as a hysterectomy amounting to a lot of trauma on my body.<\/p>\n
I am an \u2018Endo Warrior\u2019. The Endo community is amazing and in December 2020 I trained as a group leader with Endometriosis UK and set up the Caithness & Sutherland support group in January 2021. Demand has blown me away; we have now changed area to cover North Highland.<\/p>\n
It is great to see the huge increase on awareness for endo, it was unheard of when I was diagnosed. I have endometriosis but it does not have me\u2026I have now accepted my endo journey. One day, hopefully, we will be able to say \u2018I used to have endometriosis\u2019.”<\/p>\n
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