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If you follow me on instagram, you may have noticed the above images on this grid post here.
I want this blog to be a safe place for myself and other Endometriosis warriors to share their stories because not everyone has the same story and I’m pretty sure that we weren’t all in our 30’s or 40’s when we were diagnosed.
In case you missed my insta post; I would like to ask anyone who would like to submit their endometriosis story to this blog to be published to get in touch. If you’d like to be published anonymously, please put ANON in the heading and I’ll remove all personal information. You can either submit your post via the contact page or via email.
I have had a few women contact me to ask what they should include in their submissions so I thought I would add a list here for reference.
- What made you realise things weren’t quite right?
- How long did it take you to get diagnosed?
- How long have you had endometriosis for?
- What treatments have you tried?
- How has your diagnosis impacted your life?
- This last point is really important: if writing your story causes you distress, please don’t force yourself to keep writing. I know how hard it is to remember parts of the diagnosis and I don’t want it to cause issues with your mental wellbeing.
I would also love to hear from people who support women with endometriosis too because it doesn’t just effect those with endometriosis.
I will try to publish all the stories I can however I can’t guarantee I’ll be able to share them all.
Please don’t worry if grammar isn’t your thing, I will proofread the posts before I share them.
I look forward to reading your endo stories. You will get an auto response to any emails you send but I’ll read and reply as soon as I can.
Don’t forget to subscribe for updates to the blog.
Take care,
Lis x
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I’m not a sufferer, but my best friend is. I’ve seen her struggle with ridiculously painful periods, both of us not knowing what was wrong. She knew something wasnt right and after many wasted trips to the doctors, for them to keep telling her that she just had to keep taking paracetamol and that this was completely normal, she was diagnosed. They found a 10cm in diameter cyst on her left ovary, that caused her even more pain. And yet still, it took forever for doctors to actually get into gear and start doing something about it.
It disgusts me that something like this can be so easily washed over, and make people feel like they’re being over the top, when this thing can cause infertility and a myriad of many other problems.
I think it’s really important that a blog like yours exists,n, so that others can share their stories and not feel so alone.
Funnily enough, I’m already writing my next blog post about how easily gynecological conditions in general are ignored.
I hope your friend has received the help and treatment she needs now. Please feel free to send her over to the blog and if she needs to talk about things, I’m happy to be a sympathetic ear x