by admin | Jul 2, 2015 | Endo stories
Dear Endometriosis Australia, I’m sure you get thousands of emails everyday and they all start like this. I just wanted to thank you for what you are doing. Being a woman is hard enough we don’t need the added pressures of endo. In 2009 when I was 18 years...
by admin | Jun 18, 2015 | Endo stories
By Naomi My name is Naomi, I am 47 years old and live in Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. I am a conveyancing secretary married to Peter and mother to 16 year old Luke. My journey to diagnosis. I started my periods when I was 12, in 1979. My periods were...
by admin | Jun 3, 2015 | Endo stories
By Anonymous My periods started around the age of 13 and it seemed normal in the first few years, at around the age of 16 I started having heavy periods that lasted over a week and severe pain, I went to see a GP who told me to take the pill, endometriosis was never...
by admin | May 3, 2015 | Endo stories
By Joanne Tyson Looking back now I always knew something was not right. I got my period when I was 12 years old. Every month I suffered with pain, heavy bleeding and clots. Sometimes it hurt with a bowel movement like a knife. I spent the first few days of my period...
by admin | Apr 27, 2015 | Endo stories
By Shirley My name is Shirley and I suffer with endometriosis. I found a way to manage my disease through diet and exercise. I started running to get fitter for all the surgeries I was told to expect. I had already had numerous cysts and tumours removed, fertility...
