<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">In August Donna went into hospital for day surgery after being in pain virtually every day for about a year. The laparoscopy was supposed to take about 45 minutes but ended up taking more than two and a half hours as the surgeon discovered that Donna had severe endometriosis. Rather than being able to come home that evening Donna remained in hospital for nearly a week.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Donna was given a hormone medication which unfortunately triggered a cardiac arrhythmia which meant she could not continue the hormone therapy and resulted in her being hospitalised for another 10 days.&nbsp;Donna was off sick from work for more than 3 months but has finally been able to go back&nbsp;to work on reduced hours on light administrative duties.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Endometriosis is a disease that affects an estimated 2 million women in the UK. The severity of the symptoms varies from person to person but includes chronic pain, fatigue, depression and infertility. There is no cure and no single medication or operation that is guaranteed to relieve the symptoms.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Endometriosis UK is a charity that helps women that suffer with the disease by providing support and information and they also seek to raise awareness among healthcare professionals.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">I have signed up to trek across the Sahara Desert in February to raise money for the charity but need your support to achieve my fundraising target of &pound;1795.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Thank you for reading this and I would be so grateful if you could sponsor me with whatever you can afford.</span></p> <p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> </p>