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Back in 2007 when I saw my GYN for the very first time, after she listened to all my symptoms, she said "I am pretty positive you have Endometriosis. I...

I am 1 in 10 women who live with this debilitating disease. I am 1 of the more than 200 million women globally who live with this debilitating disease. I...

I’m 22 years old and have always suffered from debilitating cramps during my period. My family and doctors always said it was normal so I believed them. Around 16 I...

I had all four wisdom teeth pulled two days ago. I’ve been trying to find any other women who have painful periods to see how they would compare the pain...

Me and Endometriosis Hello, everyone. My name is Jazmin. I’ve had painful cramps ever since I got my first period, at age 10 or 11. I inherited this disease from...

I had outrageous pain in my back, plus my years of endo pain. I had surgery in 2012 and the gyno removed endo hitting a nerve near my spine. I...

Today has been a difficult day for me. It seems I am having more bad days than good now and once again I have to deal with the chronic symptoms...

When I think back to when I had some of my early menstruation cycles, I think of large heavy duty pads, killer cramps, worrying about leaking out of pads/tampons, and...

Hello! I am so new to all of this... and I have hit a wall recently and don’t know where to turn. I have come across this forum and thought...

I found out 02/28/2020 after a laparoscopy that I had stage 4 endometriosis. It had already been one year of ttc and I was told this surgery would relieve my...

I have not seen you highlighting the role of Physiotherapy in management of Endometriosis! Tender Massage and adhesions, pain, infertility! Please surgery or medicine is not enough! The management is...

So when I was 19 I was diagnosed with endometriosis. How I had found out was I had a tubal pregnancy and my OB/GYN showed me the pictures of the...

Every since I was 16, I remember getting cramps horrible during my period. Back in 2015 I kept going to all these different hospitals in mass New Hampshire to see...

Hi everybody, I am Hilda. I am 36 years old. I was diagnosed with endometrioma (2.5cm at right ovary) when I was 30 (through sonogram, MRI and blood tests). I...

Ablation or Excision? Both sound scary right? Anything with mystery words like this can be. But how do you know which is right for you? Both of these terms were...

My periods were always horrible. Migraines, crippling pain and ruined clothes multiple times per month. I was told I had cysts on my ovaries and those were likely rupturing which...

I'm Iz and I'm 25, half Taiwanese/Chinese, gender fluid and learning how to live with chronic illness. When I was a teenager and started menstruating and learning about my body...

Hello , my name is Demi I am 27 years old. I started my cycle at the age of 9 , the pain has always been unbearable to the nausea...

I have had a really amazing experience with my horrendous endometriosis symptoms disappearing! Similar to the experience in the article: https://endometriosis.net/living/diet-vegan/?via=homepage-hero I am so happy and wish I knew about...

Hi I have had endometriosis and cystic fibroids since the age of 13, when I first started my period. I am now 53 and still getting periods, now every 2...