Me and the devil (endometriosis)

Summerjune15

I am stuck in a vicious cycle I scream but no one hears not even a mouse staring in the mirror looking bloating again am I pregnant no I am just bloated again my ovaries wrapped in barbwire a knife piercing through your skin and twisting over and over curled up in a ball or collapsed on the floor don’t worry about me it’s just a period just a period thats all they say don’t be stupid enough to go to the doctors they will laugh right in your face losing cups of blood clothes ruined boys laughing and pointing bedsheets gone and white bedsheets don’t be so stupid white isn’t our colour it will be red in seconds the mood swings of bursting into tears but then the overwhelming anger wanting to kill everyone in site the extreme fatigue your body as weak as a 90 year old what feels like bricks on your head having your head down the toilet nearly everyday feeling sick laying on the bathroom floor with tears streaming down your eyes begging for someone to save you but no one comes to you but you’ll be okay it’s just a period welcome to the life of endometriosis

independent_

It makes me so mad that women’s health isn’t taken more seriously. “It’s just a period” is such a common turn of phrase when actually, for some people it’s much, much more than that - it becomes your entire life, you spend your life in pain and it’s not just a few days a month.

I don’t have endo myself, but I know people who do and I’ve experienced my fair share of period problems (namely extremely heavy periods) that no cause was ever found for. The pill helps me but it’s a sticking plaster for people with endo.

Summerjune15

@independent_ It makes me so mad to but I won’t shut my mouth until at least one person takes us seriously and exactly it’s just like a plaster the pill isn’t a cure sadly but hot water bottles is my plaster😂

Summerjune15

Thank you for all the hugs🫶🏻
@TheNightmare
@shannon_164
@independent_
@AnonymousToe
@Amy22
@Riley_2001

TheNightmare

Summerjune15 wrote: »

Thank you for all the hugs🫶🏻
@TheNightmare
@shannon_164
@independent_
@AnonymousToe
@Amy22
@Riley_2001

No problem

Riley_2001

@Summerjune15 You're most welcome. 🫶
I hope you’re okay, it was hard to read that it’s not taken seriously. I can’t imagine how that must feel for you and others whom suffer from this. You’re very strong, thank you for sharing your struggles and experience with endometriosis.

independent_

I think as far as sticking plasters go though, you have to do what helps you. Given how dismissed women's health issues are, we just have to get by however we can - whether that's the pill, hot water bottles or some other way... that is until we're listened to