I had the cramps and blood clots the size of baseballs. I almost died and to this day some family members think I was exaggerating and seeking attention.

How anyone can hear, “parts of my uterus are growing uncontrollably /outside/ of my uterus” and not immediately say, “omigod, lie down, here is all of the world’s chocolate supply, what else do you need?” is beyond me.

Dog was so upset at having to attend a Trump rally, he called his friend, Other Dog.

I had a female p.a. tell me I just had IBS when I actually had a large endometrioma. So, I hear ya’. You have to push for help.

My gyno was like “You think you might have endometriosis, huh? Oh, your mom and sister both have it? Of course you have it. I don’t need to check. Have some Lortabs. Bye now.” And she was a specialist! It was like no big deal for her at all, but I was missing 30 days of school each year due to debilitating cramps. It…

Yeah because doctors don’t wanna take it our during your childbirthing years EVEN IF YOU BEG THEM. Because, well, you guys know....

When my mother had spinal fusion in her lower back, her endometriosis was so bad the surgeon could see it near from a place he should not have been able to. He didn’t mention it to her because he thought it was something she could live with and he didn’t want to “concern her for no reason.”

Nobody in my family understood my endometriosis until one day I was so in pain that I first pooped and vomited on my self while on the bathroom floor ‘cause i didn't have the strength to get on the toilet. I then went to the hospital and got an epidural. When they saw I accepted to have a needle in my spine rather…

I did all that for a few decades, surgeries, injections, pain meds, etc finally had a hysterectomy at 40. But that caused new problems, had nerve damage from the surgery apparently. Another decade + later, I ended up disabled. Now I walk with a cane on good days. Oh yeah and marriage ended too. It can be devastating.

No, 8 mos with Joao... 4 mos breeding. And isn’t it the male penguins who raise the young? So most of that time is probably spent parenting, not gettin some. No wonder he comes back to Joao for most of the year!

My mother had to be sterilized when I was very young because of her endimetriosis. It destroyed her. It runs in my family and nearly all the older women have had issues with it. Fuck him in his stupid fucking writer face.

I really appreciated what she said about her ex accusing her of using it as an excuse not to have sex with him. I experienced that with a boyfriend in my early twenties and the lengths I went to in trying to convince him that wasn’t the case...ugh I wish I had just told him to fuck off immediately instead. I think the…

I had issues for years that were dismissed as “just cramps.” Then I read Padma’s account of her struggle in Glamour and realized I wasn’t crazy. Her openness directly led to my diagnosis and saved me YEARS of emotional and physical distress. Fuck Salman Rushdie

It took me several doctors before anyone believed it wasn’t just cramps. I even had one say that based on my age, he was bound to think I was just looking for narcotics. This was AFTER my first laparoscopy, which he had pictures from.

Dealing with fibroids last year and feeling like I was in labor twice a month because I was on my period every 2 weeks because the period lasted for 10-14 days, my husband of 18 years said, “this is harder on me that it is on you.” I left his ass for the guy who said, “you know we don’t have to hook up all the time. I…

I have endometrial tissue growing against my left thigh bone. Luckily, it’s not all that painful most of the time, but occasionally its prettttty uncomfortable. There’s nothing worse than someone telling you “it’s not that bad” when you can’t sit down, stand up, lay down, or walk.

Yup - I just had surgery #4 and it had been several years since the last one so it was very involved - I will spare the internet the details but as a fellow sufferer you know what I mean. It’s been debilitating - years of taking 6 Advil every 3 hours for weeks at a time just to get out of bed (pain meds made my head…

I have fibroids and ovarian cysts and when I have flare-ups the pain is unbelievable. I hear you. It’s not just cramps and being dramatic.

Even a lot of MDs won’t take it seriously. I just referred a friend to my GYN after she described symptoms of what clearly sounds like fibroids and endometetriois that she’s had for years. All her MDs told her there was no treatment and just put her in birth control. I know so many women who basically just suffered…