No-one would believe I had endometriosis for 10 years

by Christine
(United Kingdom)

I suffered for more than ten years, before I had treatment, no one believed me. My GP, kept saying it was just a bad period. Then one day I was shopping in a busy town centre, and the pain was so bad I couldn’t walk. I sat down on the pavement and took a pain killer; I always carried pain killers and a bottle of water, for this on-going problem. Don’t be put off by doctors, keep on, get it sorted. I’ve never felt better since my op 3years ago, I’m 55 now. I lost ten years of my life, don’t let it happen to you.

Never Give Up...

’He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors'
- Chinese Proverb

‘Don't get discouraged; it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock’
- Anonymous

‘The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back, mobilizing all your resources-spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical’
- Norman cousins

’The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease’
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’Every patient carries her or his own doctor inside’
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’It is part of the cure to wish to be cured’
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