Stories

I was diagnosed with endometriosis at age 21. I always knew something was different with me when I would talk to me friends about my period. They would also say...

I'm a 45yr old mother of 5 that suffers from endometriosis. I was diagnosed with endo in my early 20s and was already in stage 2 of it. Drs told...

I was a late bloomer. I didn't get my period until I was 16, this probably isn't related to endometriosis but it's a fact. Almost from my first period on...

I had painful periods from the very start. I had gotten my menstrual cycle pretty early; I was only nine years old. I remember my first period being unbearable, and...

I am a local girl that grew up in Smithtown. Like any girl, I enjoyed Long Island life. Swimming in luxurious pools and playing outside with friends, during the warm...

I am grateful to see that after a 20 year struggle with endometriosis, there is finally a community where this is talked about, and that women are not alone in...

My whole life I've been known to be a hypochondriac, I had an always sick mother and seemed to be on a cocktail of medicines at the first sign of...

Like any first day of school or work, introductions must be made. My name is Anna Riley. I am 34 years old. Married to my best friend and knight in...

You’ve got what seems like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and cycle between constipation and diarrhea. Your favorite foods suddenly give you issues. You’ve already been diagnosed with endometriosis (or have...

When she was 11 she got her cycle for the first time and it scared the heck out of her, because she didn't know. Her mom thought she was flowing...

My name is Fela, I'm an artist and writer living in Chicago, IL. Like many other women with Endometriosis, I thought my pain was normal. When I started my period...

After years of being in pain and being ignored, and misdiagnosed, I was done playing games and wanted a serious gynecologist. I wanted an endometriosis specialist. Not just someone who...

The first time my partner told me about her endometriosis, I thought she was talking about a bug she’d contracted at the hospital! This memory is a little fuzzy and...

When I was a young teenager and going to high school, my days were living in pain with long heavy painful periods and missing a lot of school, and finally...

For years, I dealt with period pain. Horrendous pain! Excruciating! I was told over and over again that I was being dramatic and that I was overreacting. That it wasn't...

Just want to understand why I went through three years of menopause and had no endometriosis pain then it came back on me, 3 months of pain? And I'm working...

My name is Jessie. I am a writer living in the South of England, near the coastal town of Brighton, where seagulls are occasionally scary and vintage record stores abound...

Like so many others I thought pain was a normal part of life. Finally, after five years of searching I was diagnosed with stage IV endo, it was everywhere. I...

When I was suffering with endometriosis, I was like the proverbial frog in the boiling pot. Endometriosis slowly took over my life, and I had no idea how bad things...

I was diagnosed with Stage II endometriosis when I was in my early 30's. My doctor performed a laparoscopy and found endo lesions on my ovaries and removed a chocolate...