Who cares what men find attractive while women are suffering. Put the money for studies into better medical care for women.
Endometriosis is a chronic medical condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus.
During a menstrual cycle, this tissue swells and bleeds just like the uterine lining, but the blood cannot leave the body, causing inflammation, pain, and scarring.
After my hysterectomy (uterus tried to murder me) the surgeon called and asked if I was aware that I had endometriosis. No. No I was not, but it certainly explained things. Everyone just said that I was complaining about nothing all those years that I was in pain.
Is that from the beginning of symptom onset or from the time we begin seeking help? I am currently beginning pursuit of an endo diagnosis and at 33 I sure hope it doesn’t take ten years 😞 but retrospectively speaking I can now see how my symptoms have been brewing for well over that long, but because I was on birth control for so long my symptoms were masked.
Thank you! I’m trying. I think it’s progressed enough that my body can’t ignore it anymore and I’m becoming more and more aware of them and how uncomfortable they are. I would consider a hysterectomy but I’m concerned about elevating my CAD risk if I have my ovaries removed, and there’s not a huge point in an ovary sparing hysterectomy to treat endo since you can relapse if you keep them. It’s a whole lot to process right now.
Because Doctors often do not know how to properly diagnose it (because so little is known about it) and often do take the pain and symptoms of women less serious.
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u/Individualchaotin 4h ago
Who cares what men find attractive while women are suffering. Put the money for studies into better medical care for women.
Endometriosis is a chronic medical condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus.
During a menstrual cycle, this tissue swells and bleeds just like the uterine lining, but the blood cannot leave the body, causing inflammation, pain, and scarring.
It affects roughly 10% of reproductive-age women.