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 …

1 step forwards, 3 steps back

Today was supposed to be a good day.  After my success at the walk in centre of finally having a doctor believe me about my pain, today I was doing as he said and I had my GP appointment to get my referral to the gynaecologist.  I went to the appointment, told the GP that …

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 …