'Its Not The Endo The World...'

When people found out I was coming to Australia for 3 months, they said what are you going to do about your health?! My answer was always the same, "I will deal with it when I get home". I think I knew at the time that was a very naive thing to say, but a girl can dream and hope for the best, right?! Of course I knew how these things go really. You can never tell when your next flare up is going to be, and you definitely can't control it. I just didn't want to think about how it could impact my trip. It was a big enough thing for me to do without considering my health side of things too. Plus I'm always so adamant that it doesn't control my life so I wasn't willing to let it be part of my plans for my huge exciting adventure. I've been in Melbourne two and a half weeks now and unfortunately, my body hasn't given me that dream, not even a little bit of it! In actual fact my pain levels have been the worst that they have been in the while. I guess ...

Yesterday was a great day for Endometriosis. It made it into the UK news, with various channels covering the lack of awareness and knowledge for diagnosis. It made me proud to be a warrior. And then today I start to see some of the comments being left on the online articles. Messages from men saying its sexist and just another excuse for women. Other women saying just get a hysterectomy and be done with it and stop moaning. I literally couldn't believe my eyes. I wouldn't wish this disease on anyone. But I do wish those people could live a day in the life of someone in the middle of a flare up, and I'd like to see how they would cope. Its not something anyone can understand until they live with the pain. Use your brains. Have a little empathy. Don't judge something you could never understand. From one Endo sufferer to another, you are strong, and you should be proud of yourself. And whatever you do, don't listen to those fools. A x

Been feeling pretty horrid since lunch today. Homemade chicken & mushroom pie and salad clearly hasn't agreed with me and now I look pregnant... which is quite hilarious considering thats never going to happen! Got to laugh! What foods do you find worsen your symptoms? For me it seems to be anything bad, the dominos, the chinese takeaways, the burgers, basically the naughty stuff that tastes good. Any suggestions on what to avoid or what helps in terms of what to eat, please let me know! A x