My Story, The Long Version
Every year when March rolls around I take some time to reflect on my life with Endo. Here is my attempt to put it into words and share it with you. It's always been so personal to share on this topic but I share because of the way I have been helped by others who did so . In my early twenties I was out with friends for lunch, followed by shopping. It was a low key, almost boring event in which I'm sure I didn't tell my friends I was on my period. Everything changed abruptly however when I was gripped by dizzying, nauseating, crippling abdominal pain. I rushed to the public restroom barely able to stand upright and began puking, before asking my friends to quickly drive me home. I knew from experience I wouldn't be able to get behind the wheel of my own car. Thank goodness I hadn't ventured too far from home and was able to go straight home to bed. The next 24 hours held intense pain, overwhelming nausea, continual vomiting, and sheer misery. Another time I w...