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Endometriosis Awareness Month - Week One

The online support this year for endometriosis awareness month has been incredible. We are only one week into the month and I have been overwhelmed with the awareness raised so far. So many women have gone 'yellow for endo'. This is a fantastic campaign that has made my twitter timeline come to life. I love seeing all the yellow profile pics appearing daily!

 I have also been taking part in the #endophotochallenge made by EndoHappy. Everyday you post a fact about your endometriosis. This is a wonderful and well thought out campaign that provides a necessary insight to our lives with endo. It's still not too late to join in if you haven't done so yet!

 On Facebook, I have been posting awareness posts and pictures. This year I have had an amazing response to my posts. The amount of likes and comments I have had really surprised me. Friends and family have been sharing my status's and people who I rarely talk to on there have contacted me and shown their support. This means so much to me. Spreading the word about endometriosis is vital.

 On a more personal level, I am thrilled with the awareness raised by my blog in this first week. I was first contacted by HealthExpress to be awarded with the 'Endometriosis Awareness Blog Award 2015'. The feedback I have had from this has been tremendous. I have been in contact with HealthExpress since and today they confirmed they will continue raising endometriosis awareness to their readers and patients! This is due to the vast response they have had after publishing their article! How amazing is this?! To visit the blog section of their website about women's health click here, http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/blog/womens-health/.

 Secondly, I was contacted by a leading online fertility website. They have asked me to write a blog post for their website on endometriosis. I have submitted this article and will hopefully be able to share it with you all very soon!

 So much has been achieved already this month. I look forward to seeing what the next three weeks will bring!
#MyEndoDiary

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