11/03/2026
Endometriosis Awareness Month
I’ve had endometriosis since I was around 10 years old, but it wasn’t until a life-changing flare up in 2023 that never left that things became impossible to ignore
After 8 years of fighting to be believed, I was finally diagnosed in April 2024 through laparoscopic surgery
I always knew the extreme pain and heavy bleeding I experienced was not normal…But being a woman in this world often means being dismissed when we say we are in pain
Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 females assigned at birth, that’s nearly 200 million people worldwide and likely many more when you consider how many remain undiagnosed
Living with endo is a strange contradiction, because on one hand, it can be completely debilitating (it took my mobility for nearly 3 years)
Whereas on the other hand, you can look completely “normal” You can go to work, see your friends, go out, laugh, live life… All while your body is screaming on the inside
Endometriosis pain is stronger than labour, broken bones & non terminal cancer, yet so many of us are told to just take paracetamol because “surely it can’t be that bad.”
This is why so many people go undiagnosed or are misdiagnosed with things like IBS
Because we’ve spent most of our lives masking our pain, as women are conditioned to believe that “period pain is normal”
But let me say this clearly:
NO amount of pain is normal…
This is why awareness and advocacy matter so much,
This is what Invisible Illnesses & Disability’s can look like
Chronic Illness can happen to anyone, one day you’re living your life as you always have… And then BAM you wake up sick & never get better because you now live with an incurable condition
So be kind to people, you never truly know what someone is carrying
And honestly… Sometimes the best thing you can do is mind your own f**king business
How someone lives their life is not up for your judgement
To my fellow chronically sistars & spoonie community keep raising your voices, Keep sharing your stories
Because every story told makes it harder for the world to ignore us🎗️