My Laparoscopy: One Year On

This time last year I was anxiously sitting on a hospital bed waiting for my laparoscopy, although I didn’t realise just how long I’d be waiting. I arrived at 7:30am ready to be admitted, put on my hospital gown, compression socks and hospital underwear and waited in my bed on the ward. Throughout the morning …

2018: My Year in Review

To say that 2018 was a challenging year for me would be one hell of an understatement. At many times it felt like the worst of my 24 years, that being said, I also experienced some of the best parts of my life. So here it is, the good, the bad and everything in between. …

August Diary

Considering I was signed off work for two weeks, and was essentially bed/sofa bound during that time, August has been a pretty busy month. It started with a friend visiting from Paris, and we spent our Saturday in central London with him. Some of the things we did included lunch in Chinatown, pottering around Covent …

My First Laparoscopy

Tuesday 7th August 2018 was the day that a seven year old question was finally answered – is it all in my head? My day started at 5:45am when the alarm went off, and I had to start getting ready to head to the hospital. I left the flat and started the hour long bus …

Consulting Dr Google!

Apologies for not posting for so long – it’s been one hell of a month! We had a lovely rural retreat for the Easter weekend, we went to Wales to visit the other-halves family and while we were there we were treated to lots of lovely food, walks in the Welsh countryside and the peace …

Light at the Endo the tunnel

Today, I thought I’d share more about my experiences so far whilst trying to work out what’s wrong with me, and one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received from a medical professional. “Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer, you know that there’s something wrong with you, you know that your pain is …

This is not normal

Since I can remember, I have always had painful periods.  I didn’t think that this was out of the ordinary at all, I was led to believe that during your period you will be in a lot of pain, your emotions will be all over the place, and you will feel exhausted.  For anyone currently believing …