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Endometriosis is a chronic condition without a cure. Excision treatment with an endometriosis specialist has been a big help for me. But surgery wasn't a panacea. I still have terrible period...

Editors Note: This article references body image, weight stigma, and bullying. Last month, I was scrolling through Instagram when a post caught my eye. The photographer was taking a mirror...

It always seems that health issues come in multiples. My introduction to chronic health conditions started with endometriosis at the age of 14. While I have always been familiar with...

For anyone living with endometriosis, our flare-ups define the quality of our existence. Doctors may diagnose us depending on the location of our adhesions, studying our bodies to define the...

“You look so normal, happy, and healthy”, are words I play over and over in my head. These are words I have been told many times. More than I can...

Striking a “power pose” means taking up a lot of space with your body – standing upright with great posture, legs wide, hands-on-hips, chin raised to the sky. But a...

My first period was not the regular experience most people with working ovaries tend to share when asked “How was it for you?”. In all fairness, it began like all...

There seems to be an interesting link between gut health and endometriosis. Research has shown that gut-focused hypnotherapy might be able to reduce symptoms associated with irritable bowel syndrome (also...

Sometimes, being on the asexual spectrum can mean not receiving the health care that you need and deserve. Gemma Rutterford, a 34-year-old cis woman living outside Oxford, England, discovered her...

Since my endometriosis diagnosis, I have told myself I am much more than my illness and that it won’t define me. Something I am sure we have all expressed or...

“Congratulations! You’re not crazy.” That’s what my excision specialist told me on the phone after my last surgery. He’d gotten the pathology results back, and one of the eight “suspicious”...

Life with endometriosis often requires a lot of patience. We step back and take very long breaths every time someone tells us “you don’t look ill”. We exhale even deeper...

The road to conceiving a baby can be a long one. Like months and sometimes even years long. It’s not the case for everyone, but there are more people than...

When I first told my psychiatrist how I felt exhausted and anxious during my period, she recommended that I create a "Period Playlist" as a self-care tool. "It's not like...

Some days I’m OK with being single, others not so much. Yes, it is incredibly bothersome when I am mid-flare-up and have no one to go buy me some ice...

Recently, my partner and I went up to Perthshire in Scotland. It was kind of a spontaneous trip that was triggered by a specific bakery we wanted to visit. I...

Eating for endometriosis can sometimes feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. Often my clients come to me having cut out a couple of food groups entirely or feeling...

I am hitting the two-year mark of my hysterectomy, which has made me think back to what a struggle it was to even find a surgeon willing to do it...

Jessica has endometriosis, and Chris is her partner. Together they find ways to manage the condition and support each other through its challenges. Below they discuss where to start when...

This last year has been a challenge for many of us. In my case, staying in most of the time meant that my levels of fitness went down a notch...