My name is Mariah, I was diagnosed when I was 27 lived with it since I was 14 and I have Stage 2 Endometriosis.
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Hello! My name is Carolina. Since about 1-2 years I have been suffering with GI symptoms. More recently I started having sharp pelvic pain, bad bloating and pain during intercourse...I knew something was completely off with my body.
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When I was 31 my husband and I decided to try having a baby. After a year of trying, we went to my family doctor and that is when she found a cyst on my ovary.
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Looking back there are so many things I wish I knew at the start of my endometriosis journey. I started suffering from pain when my periods began at the age of 12.
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I was going to get my period when I was 8 or 9 years old. I’m sure of it because at the time, my mum listened to the advice of another family member and took me to the doctor to stop what she thought was the early onset of puberty and womanhood.
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I am 15 years old and this is my story. It first started with sudden sharp pain on my right side. I got rushed up to the emergency room and then got emergency surgery to get my appendix out as they thought it was appendicitis. While operating they did find a large amount of blood in my pelvis (could be a possible sign of endometriosis). The pain continued after the surgery for many many months. I was admitted in the hospital for these many many months being told that what I was experiencing was all in my head.
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I was 18 when I was first diagnosed. I didn’t understand the pain I was in. My partner at the time did not only not understand, but he didn’t care. It was a doomed relationship and ended. I struggled with migraines, extreme lethargy, and pain that would send me to my knees. It wasn’t just when I was on my period.
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