I am new to the concept of blogging. It has always seemed like posting a journal entry online but I don't know why anyone would want to do that when the point of a journal is privacy. So I am changing my outlook to a therapeutic one.
I am a 33 year old female, diagnosed with endometriosis almost four years ago. I have gone to multiple doctors, had multiple surgeries, lived with chronic pain, and faced multiple setbacks. Before all of this, I did not know what endometriosis was, other than the most basic of definitions: it's when discharge from your uterus lands somewhere in your body where it should not be. I had no idea what I was in for. I never knew it could be the cause of such intense pain, I could no longer go about my normal life. I certainly didn't know the scope of the disease, or the massive impact it would have on my life. I had no idea that the spectrum was so large. Most women have some endometriosis and never know about it. Some have it so severely that it impacts their ability to ever again have a normal life. I am hoping and working every day with the goal of not having to put myself in the latter category.
