ENDOMETRIOSIS

THE NEVER ENDING NEED TO SLEEP, WAKING UP TIRED, NO ENERGY OR EVEN THE WILL TO FACE THE DAY. JUST WANT TO PULL THE COVERS OVER YOUR HEAD AND STAY IN BED UNTIL IT ALL GOES AWAY.

RELENTLESS PAIN, WANTING TO MOVE BUT IT FEELS LIKE EVERYTHING HURTS, MOVING JUST MAKES THE PAIN MORE AGONIZING. CURLED UP IN THE FETAL POSITION HOPING IT WILL HELP TO CONTAIN THE PAIN, PAINKILLERS AREN’T WORKING, NOTHING SEEMS TO HELP AND THE PAIN JUST WON’T GO AWAY.

CAN’T REALLY EAT. EVERYTHING JUST COMES RIGHT BACK UP. YOU HAVE DAYS WHERE THE TOILET IS YOUR BEST FRIEND BECAUSE YOU SPEND SO MUCH TIME GETTING UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. LONGING TO EAT BUT FOOD IS NOW YOUR ENEMY.

TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS YOU FEEL, NOT ABLE TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS TO GET OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND THE CYCLE YOU’VE BEEN TRAPPED IN.

ENDOMETRIOSIS CAN WRECK HAVOC ON YOUR DAILY LIFE. IT IS OFTEN TIMES MISDIAGNOSED BY DOCTORS, MILLIONS OF WOMEN SUFFER WITH IT AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS CAUSING ALL THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE HAVING SO NEVER RECEIVE THE CORRECT TREATMENT.

HAVING LIVED WITH THIS FOR MANY YEARS I KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE TO HAVE TO PUSH YOURSELF TO GET OUT OF BED DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOUR BODY IS IN SO MUCH PAIN YOU CAN’T THINK CLEARLY. I’VE HAD DOCTORS TELL ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ME WHEN I KEEP PASSING OUT FROM THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD I’VE LOST OR THE LEVEL OF PAIN IS SO BAD MY BODY SHUTS ITSELF DOWN AS A WAY TO COPE. THERE ARE DAYS WHEN I FEEL LIKE MY OWN BODY IS WORKING AGAINST ME, I CAN’T GET IT TO DO ANYTHING, DAYS WHEN ALL I CAN DO IS SLEEP, WHEN ALL I HAVE ENERGY TO IS ROLL OVER IN BED. DAYS WHEN I HAD TO CRAWL AROUND BECAUSE WALKING IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. WHEN YOU GO DAYS WITHOUT EATING BECAUSE JUST THE SIGHT OR SMELL OF THE FOOD HAS YOU THROWING UP.

SEEK HELP IF YOU FEEL LIKE SOMETHING MAY NOT BE NORMAL. VISIT YOUR OBGYN AND HAVE THEM EXAMINE YOU TO SEE IF THE SYMPTOMS YOU EXPERIENCE MAY BE CAUSED FROM ENDOMETRIOSIS.

SYMPTOMS TO LOOK FOR ARE: PAINFUL PERIODS, PAIN DURING INTERCOURSE, EXCESSIVE BLEEDING, PAINFULLY BOWEL MOVEMENTS, FATIGUE.