🎗️💛 March is Endometriosis Awareness Month 💛🎗️

I live with Endometriosis, Adenomyosis & PCOS and in order to raise money and advocate for those suffering in silence, I am taking on the ‘1in10’ Challenge and have set myself the goal of walking 10km a day🚶‍♀️

Endometriosis is the name given to the condition where cells similar to the ones in the lining of the womb (uterus) are found elsewhere in the body. It is a chronic and often debilitating condition that can cause painful periods, painful sex and pelvic pain outside of periods. It may also lead to infertility, fatigue and bowel and bladder problems. 🩺

Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 Women and those assigned female at birth in the UK, yet it takes on average 9 years and 4 months to receive a diagnosis ⏳

Raising awareness is vital for better understanding, earlier recognition, and improved diagnosis and treatment of this debilitating disease💛

I received my Endometriosis diagnosis in 2024 following Laparoscopic Surgery, after what felt like a never ending and incredibly difficult 8 year journey 🏥

The Diagnosis didn’t cure me, and it never will.

What it did do was validate many years of chronic pain, difficult & unpredictable symptoms, and not being heard. 💛

Medical dismissal leaves trauma, not just unanswered questions. 💔

I feel very grateful to finally be under the care of a number of incredible health care professionals 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ who have changed my life. They have given me hope when life felt so very hard, and they continue to support me in looking forward and taking back some control of my life 🌅

To anyone quietly navigating chronic illness, at work, alongside everything life throws at you, or on the journey to starting or growing your family, I see you 💛

My hot water bottle(s) and I will continue to do our best, one day at a time 🎗️💛