by Endo Australia Digital | Mar 28, 2019 | Endo news and media, Endo stories, Endo support
I was saddened and shocked to see this week that Sophie Monk had been diagnosed with endometriosis at the age of 38. On Friday I called her and checked in to see how she’s going after her first surgery, and in true Sophie fashion she was thinking…. Read...
by Endo Australia Digital | Mar 16, 2019 | Endo news and media, Endo stories, Endo support
As a dancer, Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins knows how to “handle pain well”. But nothing, she says, could have prepared her for the pain of endometriosis — an agonising condition suffered by one in 10 women. Watkins told Who Magazine that she was on a national tour with...
by Endo Australia Digital | Mar 13, 2019 | Endo news and media, Endo stories
Endometriosis affects around one in ten women in Australia, many of whom have to go through multiple doctors and misdiagnoses before being told what’s causing their pain. The most commonly known symptom of the condition is extremely painful periods – which is what...
by Endo Australia Digital | Mar 13, 2019 | Endo news and media, Endo stories
Story from Ellie Angel-Mobbs: One in ten women battle endometriosis, or endo for short, a challenging and debilitating disease. The average diagnosis takes 7-12 years and it costs Australia $7.7 billion annually in lost productivity and healthcare costs. I am that one...
by Endo Australia Digital | Mar 10, 2019 | Endo news and media, Endo stories
It took visits to more than 10 doctors over six years for Tasha Ross to finally get a diagnosis. The 23-year-old swimwear model had battled intense pain, bloating and hormonal acne from the age of 15, only to be told by one specialist that it was ‘all in her head’....
