We travelled to Birmingham a few days before my surgery because I had to have a pre-operative assessment. This happened to be the week of super heavy snow but thankfully we made it just on time! Usually they do the pre-operative appointment a week or so before surgery, but to save me travelling up twice they changed mine to two…
I made the decision to travel from London to Birmingham to have my second laparoscopy in hopes of treating my Endometriosis. This time my surgery was scheduled will a skilled excision surgeon Mr. Chris Mann, who I found by joining an amazing educational group called Nancy’s Nook on Facebook. You can read about how I came to the decision to…
A few days after surgery I read through my discharge notes. I had given them to my boyfriend after we left the hospital and forgotten about all about them. The first few days I was too overwhelmed to think about anything other than managing the pain and trying to rest. I was already finding it hard to comprehend my diagnosis…
Maybe my pain wasn’t normal.. If there was a potential cause for my pain, then maybe there was a treatment. That was what spurred me on to keep questioning the pain that I had accepted for so long. I have had many instances where my period pain has rooted me to the spot. I remember one Saturday in my late…
I want to share my journey to diagnosis from the beginning, so I’m going way back to 2005. It all began at 16, I was so envious of all my friends having their periods. I was the last one to get it and it felt like they were all in a secret club that I desperately wanted in on. Oh…
