It’s Time to Talk and End The Shame

It’s Time to Talk and End The Shame

By: Kelly Sgroi Because for too long I’ve kept quiet. That’s what we’re supposed to do, isn’t it? Hide in shame when we are bleeding. Suffer in silence. So it’s no wonder I’ve been let down. And you probably have too. When I hit puberty I was introduced to a type of...
E is for endo

E is for endo

‘’Perhaps it is just very bad period pain?” – Just one question asked by many (including yourself) when you are suffering without an answer. At the age of 19 my back would pulse with pain, from my hips down through to my legs, leaving me feeling nauseated. This is...
Endometriosis in a country town

Endometriosis in a country town

My first impressions of the Gynaecologist my GP sent me to weren’t really that great, living in a small country town options under the public health system were few and far between. She didn’t look at any of my scans and only read the report from the radiologist, a...