I Lost the First 7 Years of Adulthood to Misdiagnosed Endometriosis: why we need to advocate for better treatment of female health conditions.
My Story In pain, dismissed, and misdiagnosed: since I turned 18, my life reads like a rollercoaster of chronic pain, discomfort, self-loathing, self-doubt, consequential depression, suicidal ideation and hormonal chaos. Wait, hold up. You’re telling me those aren’t just rites of passage of being a woman?! Life in 2020 was a turbulent time. I’d just turned 20, navigating what traditionally would have been a chaotic evolution into adulthood with the end of school and the beginnings of a new life at university. Instead, for the covid generation, a never-ending Groundhog Day of sitting behind a screen watching my bank account drain away...
September 17, 2025