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Thriving Through Pain - 13 Tips for Maintaining a Resilient Mindset with Endometriosis
Do you struggle with keeping a healthy mindset when you’re down with pain? Me too. It’s hard to see how things will work out for you when all you know is the disruption of pain, missed opportunities, canceled appointments, and false starts. Living with endometriosis is costly – socially, financially, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. It almost feels impossible to progress
With Love from a Fellow Endo-Warrior
I thought severe cramps before, during, and after ovulation were normal. So, I dismissed them as such. A week before my periods, I would experience excessive back pain, throwing up, and a running tummy all at the same time. I would have flu symptoms and just think my immune system was down. Because these symptoms affected my whole body, I didn't know that it was endometriosis.
Endo-Warrior ‘Barbs the Emotional Alchemist’ Speaks on Social Stigma & Learning to Be Kind to Herself
I think my hysterectomy was one of the final stages because the endometriosis had spread to other parts of my body. In 2010, half of my bladder was cut off. The disease also spread to my appendix, and I had an appendicectomy in 2012. It also spread to my spinal cord. So, mine progressed to other organs.
My Endo Journey: I Am Not My Diagnosis
The month of March is endometriosis awareness Month. Endometriosis is a medical condition where tissue similar to that which normally lines the uterus, grows on other parts of the body. It’s a chronic illness that affects 1 in 10 women globally. I am among the women living with Endometriosis.