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Endometriosis: The Power Of A Smile..

I love quotes. Quotes about love, quotes about friends, about family, happiness, times of sadness or celebration. Pretty much every subject. I have been collecting quotes for over four years now and have a book full of all my favourites. However, I recently came across one that really made me think. "You only see what I choose to show.. There's so much behind this smile you just don't know.."   It made me think how greatly this relates to us girls with endo and also applicable to many, many other things in life. It's amazing what a smile can hide. Such a little thing, yet it covers up a whole backlog of emotions. It can hide pain, lots and lots of pain. When our bodies feel like they're screaming out and the whole world can hear. It can't. For us inside it's like a constant scream, cry or sometimes when lack of energy hits, just a wim per. But when people ask how I am, I've noticed my usual response is "Im ok thanks, getting there" o...

Doctor Who, Endometriosis What?

How many doctors have I seen and received totally different advice from? In the last year alone, at least six. Whether all that information was correct, I beg to differ. It seems that during my time coming to terms with having endometriosis I have done so much research on it I actually believe I know more on it than most of the doctors I have seen. Why haven’t the doctors done this type of research? I mean this is their jobs right? Yet I find most of my time repeating my symptoms over and over again, trying to explain myself and convince them its not 'normal'. When I first felt something wasn’t quite right, with reluctance I went to my doctors and explained my symptoms of pains in my stomach. Sometime short, sharp stabbing horrendous pains, others dull aches or a twisting feeling inside, tiredness, emotional.. She dismissed me. Told me to keep an eye on it and come back if it gets worse. Gee thanks, great help that doc! Being naive as i was at that time, that’s what I...