by crossmedia | May 3, 2019 | Guest Authors
My periods were what I’d call ‘normal’ until I reached the age of 19. Then they started to become really heavy, irregular and painful. I’d be out with friends and go from not bleeding at all to leaking heavily through my clothes within an hour. The people I was...
by crossmedia | May 3, 2019 | Guest Authors
My name is Kirsty-Louise, I’m 27 and I have endometriosis. Sat nervously waiting for my name to be called out, this is my 7th GP’s appointment in as many months. Sat running through in my head exactly what I am going to say. 15 minutes later I come out feeling...
by crossmedia | May 3, 2019 | Guest Authors
Hello my name is Megan and I am 16 years old. I was diagnosed with endometriosis on the 14th of February 2018. I was only 15. Since I was 13 I was in and out of hospital with stomach pain, sickness, headaches, had periods and the lack of energy. I was told multiple...
by crossmedia | May 3, 2019 | Guest Authors
My story began a few months after my 10th birthday. I was horrified to get my period, years ahead of my peers. The pain was dreadful, I was constantly drained & exhausted, but I just thought that was due to the type of person I was. By the age of 15, my periods...
by crossmedia | May 1, 2019 | Fertility & Pregnancy, Media
I thought that hormone health was something I’d left behind in puberty and wouldn’t have to think about again until I hit the menopause. But it turns out that I was wrong. Hormones can affect everything from our bone health to libido and mental health. It’s why...
