Mara is 36 years old from WI.  She had heavy and long periods starting at 15 years old, at 17 years old she had her first GYN appointment where she was put on Birth Control which helped reduce her cramps, but as years went on in her twenties she began to have increased symptoms such as large blot clots, back pain, pain that felt like contractions and GI symptoms.    At 26 she was googling and self-diagnosed with endo... about 6 weeks out from her wedding, 3 weeks before she got married she had surgery! She had back surgery and post-surgery she had bladder retention one month after surgery due to the inflammation of her uterus.  Over the next 10 years, she had surgery, changed her diet, and was diagnosed with Adeno.  Listen to the rest of her journey on the show. Want to keep the conversation going?   Join our Facebook Group: tiny.cc/7mpbnz Thank you for listening and supporting this podcast.  We need awareness about this disease. If you want to be on the podcast or have feedback please reach out via my website www.melissaboudreau.com.  Thank you for your support and time. Please consider subscribing and writing us a review on Apple podcasts it really helps us get more awareness and with guests agreeing to come on! You can do that here! http://tiny.cc/f74onz

Elva is 36 years old and from Ireland, where at this time we are not sure there are any doctors that perform excision surgery. At 17 years old she had a large cyst detected after years of burning pain and heavy periods.  The cyst was removed but she was never told she has Endo. For years she continued to suffer on birth control and the copper IUD, she was ping-ponged from doctor to doctor in the UK and IRE, until she finally found someone who would listen.  She has surgery on Dec 2109 which confirmed Endo, but also put her on a new path fo find relief. 

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Abby started to feel off at 11 years old, but her period did not start until she was 16 years old.  She would have a great deal of pain before her cycle started. Her pain increased in her 20's and she began to miss work, she was on the roller coaster of different birth controls.  She was told by doctors the pain was from depression. She kept fighting and finally got diagnosed with Endo and she had THREE Endometriomas.  She does also suffer from PMDD and chats about how she is managing that now. 

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Sarah shares her journey with us, she had painful cramps early on at 13 years old.  She knew something was off and was started on birth control at 14 years old.  After fighting to be heard she had a laparoscopy at 18 years old and was told there was no Endo present. She was also told she had IBS and was going Doctor to Doctor to get someone to listen to her, she was convinced to try an IUD, which she had removed very soon after. 

Listen in to how she finally found a doctor that would listen, and how the Depo shot has been helping her. Check out her blog: https://happyandunwell.com/

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Anna and I talked last summer as she was recovering from pretty much 3 back to back surgeries. She was recovering from her latest thoracic excision at the time where a large Endometroma was hiding and found on her liver.  (here is the original episode)  https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e4os0t

We chat about how to recover well and she updates us on how she is feeling now. 

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Ellen co-founder, of like minds which produces the podcast How to Do the Pot.  She is a fellow endo warrior and we chat about her journey with pain early on, birth control, and infertility.  She talks about how CBD and THC have made a large impact on her pain as well as the science behind WHY is helps.  Check out her podcast below and please listen in to her journey. 

Check out her podcast about Endo and cannabis. Here.

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Cassandra aka Cass started off with painful periods at 15 years old. She went on BC for about 15 years and when she went off the pill, she discovered a painful nodule in her belly button that would not stop hurting her. She had it removed but it kept coming back and it would bleed around her cycle. She did not know what it was or why it continued to come back.  

This lead her on a journey to seeing many doctors surgery and an endo diagnosis, Stage IV. In June 2019 for her 4th procedure, she was in surgery for 17 hours and hospitalized for 23 days. 

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