03/26/2026
💛 Endometriosis Awareness & Freaking ACTION month is now!!! And always!!! ✨
Listen to your patients, your friends, your family and BELIEVE them the first time they tell you what is going on- they’re giving us the diagnosis!🚨Missing school, work or activities you enjoy is NOT normal and should never be dismissed as normal.🚨
Endo might be long heavy periods, bleeding through a pad or tampon every hour for several hours for several days.
Endo might be painful bowel movements or pain with peeing, or pain with bladder filling.
Endo can be pain or difficulty with breathing especially if happens cyclically
Endo can be nerve and hip or groin pain
Endo can be pain with pe*******on or use of tampons, speculums.
Endo can be fertility issues and preterm labor.
Endo can be bloating, diarrhea and nausea
Endometriosis is a multi system disease that through adhesions, endometriomas, increased vessel & nerve growth will change your anatomy and its functions requiring a multidisciplinary team of excision specialists, pelvic health therapists, mental health therapists, functional doctors, amongst others. There is no cure. There is only more work and more advocacy to be done. 👏
Listen to your patients, your friends, your daughters, your partners - it’s not in their head. 💛