Stories

My name is Cassie. I was diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis at 17. I am now 22 it’s hasn’t gotten easier. My depression is off the charts I don’t know...

My mom had the "period talk" with me at a rather young age (age 9) because she started her period so early and predicted, quite correctly, that I might as...

I am 40 & childless because of this insidious condition, devastated isn't the word l just can't seem to get over the childlessness. I have suffered since l was 11...

When I was 13 I started hormonal treatment (birth control) for painful periods. They were so bad I would miss school. One thing I would never miss was a workout...

When I got my first period, I started my pain journey at ten years old, 9/11/2011. At that very moment, the searing and splitting pain began and continued until I...

I was first diagnosed with endometriosis at 19 years old, despite having had symptoms for many years beforehand. Managing a chronic illness before you even enter your twenties isn’t easy...

I struggle with my diagnosis, not because it’s the answer that I finally wanted but because everyone else in my family can thrive. They can do full-time jobs, they can...

Well, I'd like to tell you, I was 17 years old and was diagnosed with endometriosis. I had my 1st surgery. The medical insurance plan I had, after approving my...

The impact that endometriosis has had on my life is so much bigger than I would have ever imagined. I first started menstruating when I was 11 years old, and...

At the ripe young age of 12, I started my cycle. It wasn't long before I started having complications. My cycles became 10-14 days long and I remember having to...

Endometriosis has had a devastating impact on my life since I started my period at eleven years old. It has put undue stress on my loved ones and those who...

Starting from when I was just a young girl, I always had bad periods. I was put on birth control at 14 years old in hopes that I wouldn't miss...

My female pediatrician wrote off my chronic lower abdominal pain as muscular or "in my head", and I walked around from ages 14-18 terrified that I had a tumor growing...

So to start off, I want to make clear that I have not personally been diagnosed with endometriosis. I have many of the same symptoms as women that I know...

I can fully remember my first period. I was 10 years old on a plane coming home from my grandfather's funeral. The day of I was crouched in a pain...

I pretty much going to make this short. I have it all throughout my body.  My liver, kidneys, bladder, bowels, lungs, muscles,  pelvis, and pretty sure in my heart but...

I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Endometriosis in 2020. I have had painful periods and bowel problems since I was 12 years old and told my doctors for years about...

Part 2: I finally saw my third OBGYN. My old one I had to leave because he was not listening to me let alone they started to ignore me because...

I live in B.C, Canada and was accepted into the Interdisciplinary Chronic Pelvic Pain Program through the Centre for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis clinic at B.C Women's Hospital last year...

Disclaimer: This story briefly mentions sexual assault by a partner. If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, please call the National Sexual Assault Hotline...