Endometriosis Awareness

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I was reading this article from People . What Padma Lakshmi has to say about her life with Endometriosis resonates with me for so many reasons. “I had to stay home several days a month from school. I missed a week of my life for 23 years.” What she said. ^^^ I had one week blocked out on my calendar every month. After too many years of being stopped dead in my tracks by painful periods I learned to plan my life around that week every month.  “I wanted to raise awareness so that no young girl has to wonder what is wrong with her like I did for so many years,” she says. Yep, exactly what she said. ^^^ “I was told I would never have children naturally, that I only had a 10 to 15 percent of having them in vitro,” she recalls. “When you’re staring down the barrel of your 40th birthday and you hear that you can’t have kids because this disease went unchecked and undiagnosed for so many years, it’s devastating.” ^^^ Yes! This is such a key point. Advanced ...

The Center for Endometriosis Care , Atlanta, Georgia     Ask Me About My Endo has a list of advanced excision specialists. Facebook group, Nancy's Nook Endometriosis Discussion and Education has a list of doctors. Nancy is a retired nurse who worked with Dr. Redwine from endopaedia.com She runs this FB group as a supportive and educational place for women with Endo. My Endo surgeon, Dr. Patrick Yeung I'm open to any questions I might be able to help you with!

My sister helped me create this video. I have to say I have never talked on camera. I didn't feel very organized. I felt a bit (a lot) scatter brained! I hope I didn't misquote or misrepresent any of the accurate information out there, but that's where the resource links come in! Use them! :) Thank you for watching and feel free to share.  Thank you to the Poppy Projects