Shireen Hand

It’s coming up to the 1st anniversary of my total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Not usually something to celebrate, I’m sure, but it does feel like a milestone of some...

Endometriosis UK recently ran a campaign highlighting menstrual education in UK schools. Thousands of women shared their experiences of what they had learnt about periods at school, and how that...

I was diagnosed with endometriosis when I was 21, and I spent almost every day of the following 7 years wondering if I would be able to conceive or not...

Diagnosing endometriosis can be very difficult. This is generally because the symptoms can also be attributed to many other conditions. It can also be difficult to diagnose because the symptoms...

I can safely say that I feel like I spend the majority of my life at the hospital or in a doctors waiting room! Anyone else with me on that...

It’s an important question, isn’t it? Should I try this treatment? When I was first diagnosed with endometriosis, I very rarely questioned anything doctors told me. I mean, why would...

If there is one thing I find particularly difficult about living with endometriosis, it's that it is invisible to everyone else. Besides me clutching at my tummy and a grimace...

I was diagnosed with endometriosis back in 2005. Sex had, very suddenly, become extremely painful, and although I didn't think too much of it, the pain wasn't going away. I...

I want to tell you all a story today. A story about a man and a lady and how they both made a very special wish... ...There was a very...

Christmas can be the most wonderful time of the year, but it can also be a really difficult time for some. Facing this busy period with chronic illness, with people...

Did you know that if you experience pain during sex, it could be a sign that you have endometriosis? I found this out when sex very suddenly became painful for...

When I was diagnosed with endometriosis, I was at the beginning of a long term relationship. It kind of came out of nowhere (if you ignore the persistent period problems...

I'm certain that we have all felt nausea at some point in our journey with endometriosis. It is a horrible feeling of wanting to be sick - sometimes followed by...

Ever since I publicly announced I had decided to have a hysterectomy, I have found myself being extremely defensive over it. I received so many messages of support, but they...

I've been seeing doctors about my endometriosis for around 20 years now and, for the most part, they've all been reasonably OK. Some have listened more than others, some have...

When we chose to start a family, we weren't in the most ideal of situations. At the time, we were living with my dad. I had recently been made redundant from...

"Don't you know a hysterectomy isn't a cure for endometriosis?" "Have you tried *insert a million and one things including yoga and kale*, because that worked for me?!" When I...

I was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2005, and back then, I'd never heard of the disease. I had never read a news or magazine article about it, never saw television...

When my health began to interfere with my life, I never imagined that it would completely change everything. Beyond bad periods, which started at the age of 12, I never...

If I had a pound for every time, I'd heard the word "positive" since I was diagnosed with endometriosis, I'd be a rich woman! I am not a positive person...