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Endometriosis

Endo is more than “bad periods.” Whether you’re seeking a diagnosis, recovering from surgery, or managing chronic pain at work and home — you belong here.

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@gwen_midcycle Endometriosis

Endometriosis flare on a day that was not a period. The calendar was empty

Tuesday. No bleed. The calendar had nothing to point at and the pain still arrived — kitchen, not an office, no one asking “again?” I would have had a sentence if it had been a period. Without that, it sounded made up even to me. Did a flare ever land for you on a blank day — and...

@simone_quiet Endometriosis

Can you have endometriosis without pain? The intake boxes were empty

Painful periods — no. Heavy — no. I checked the boxes like a person with a boring calendar. Twenty-eight, nothing dramatic, no heating pad in the bag. The visit was a cyst they were watching. In the hallway the sentence used endometriosis as if it belonged on that clipboard. I sa...