It’s #endometriosis awareness month again. This year, I’ve been pretty lucky. I’ve found ways to manage my pain enough that I can still teach, work, and dance. But I’ve also still missed out on a lot of things and had to cancel on a lot of people. Eventually, people get tired of hearing the same excuses and I know that. I also get tired of having to say them. My map of scars is simple; I’ve only had one surgery. It took me 10 years to learn the word endometriosis and 2 years to get this surgery, but it wasn’t even the right kind. When I told the doctor afterwards that I was still in pain, she said “maybe you’re just one of those people.” The stories go on, and they mimic the stories of the many others with this illness, a condition that up to 10% of the population has but that most doctors don’t know how to treat, that most people don’t know exists. #ThisIsEndometriosis
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