13 Years After Diagnosis, I Still Feel Unprotected As An Endometriosis Sufferer

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Back in 2012, at the age of 21, I was finally diagnosed with endometriosis, a whole nine years after I had started to display symptoms. I had spent my school years with heavy periods that would soak through uniforms; wearing multiple sanitary towels to get through back-to-back lessons and fainting during PE lessons. 

When I was finally diagnosed via laparoscopic surgery, I was told that I had stage 4 endometriosis and that it was unlikely that I’d ever conceive. I was also informed that my ovaries...