LIVING WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS

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THESYMPTOMSRate your pain.I hate when doctors ask me to rate mypain – I never know how to answer.Sometimes when I feel bad, I squeezemy partner’s hand to show howintense the pain is.I probably can’t do this to a doctor –so how can I explain my pain?6
THESYMPTOMSSwollen.These two pictures of me were taken 10 hours apart. The picture on theleft was taken at 10.30 pm. My stomach has dramatically swollen and mywaist measured 32 inches. The picture on the right was taken at 8.30 amthe following morning, I measured my waist again, which had shrunk to 28inches.Nothing out of the ordinary had caused this swelling. It is just a symptomthat comes with endometriosis. The Endo Belly is not only uncomfortablebut also embarrassing and humiliating. To balloon and swell where youlook pregnant every night, the discomforting bloating hardly makes you feeldesirable.The irony is that one of the few visible symptoms of endometriosis makes youlook like the one thing you can’t be because of it.7
Page 1 and 2: LIVING WITHENDOMETRIOSISA photovoic
Page 3 and 4: THESYMPTOMSContemplation.‘You don
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Page 11 and 12: This is my right side.This side fee
Page 13 and 14: THESYMPTOMSSaturday was a rough one
Page 15 and 16: THESYMPTOMSMissing out.I have alway
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Page 19 and 20: THESYMPTOMSBouquet.Menstruation is
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Page 23 and 24: THESYMPTOMSThe shower challenge.Som
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Page 27 and 28: EVERYDAYLIFENo joy here.This is a g
Page 29 and 30: EVERYDAYLIFEThe Seat.This is where
Page 31 and 32: EVERYDAYLIFEToday my bed was my off
Page 33 and 34: EVERYDAYLIFEFailure to lunch.Meal p
Page 35 and 36: EVERYDAYLIFEWork.To work is a need
Page 37 and 38: EVERYDAYLIFEFilling out a job appli
Page 39 and 40: EVERYDAYLIFETuesday. I’m working
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Page 45 and 46: MEDICATIONContraception pisses me o
Page 47 and 48: MEDICATIONI sometimes wonder how ma
Page 49 and 50: MEDICATIONPAIN.Paracetamol 8 a day.
Page 51 and 52: GRATITUDEFor the good days, for lov
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GRATITUDEGood Ole Faithful.My water
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GRATITUDEMonday. My partner’s ala
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GRATITUDEHOPE.Hope gives me the abi
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GRATITUDELove.My partner gives me s
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GRATITUDESupport group meetings.Emo
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GRATITUDELight and dark.I tend to t
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GRATITUDECompanion.My biggest copin
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THEINVISIBLEBURDENMy period is due.
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THEINVISIBLEBURDENAnxiety.I went to
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THEINVISIBLEBURDENThis week my brot
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THEINVISIBLEBURDENBody Confidence.T
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THEINVISIBLEBURDENWaste Management.
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THEINVISIBLEBURDENWish it was as ea
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THEINVISIBLEBURDENUnderstanding.Con
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THEINVISIBLEBURDENLetters.The dread
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THEINVISIBLEBURDENSunday evening. L
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THEINVISIBLEBURDENFinal Countdown.T
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THEINVISIBLEBURDENCurtains.These cu
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THEINVISIBLEBURDENSunshine.Vital to
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THEINVISIBLEBURDENA silent statisti
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