'Its Not The Endo The World...'

When you're in pain on a daily basis, and the level of pain has increased over the last year, you know its got worse. Thats obvious surely?! But strangely, even though I know that makes sense and appears to be obvious, its the confirmation of someone telling you that its exactly the case that I struggle with. I've had it before with previous appointments and I've had it again today. I guess its the information finally sinking in. Its the idea that you could be imagining it disappearing and the realisation that how you've been feeling is actually fact. So when I had my MRI scan results through today that realisation hit again. I had my scan a few weeks back, remember, the one where I hit the panic button and got pulled out of the machine! Haha. Well I got a snippet of my report through via email today. It was a lot of medical jargon that I have no idea about but it was the small summary at the end that basically summed it up. A 5cm cyst, a new 2.5cm possible fibroid an...

I'm very lucky to have a supportive family and my Mum plays a big part in that. We all say how wonderful our Mums are. Especially when Mothers Day comes around. Facebook is full of messages of gratitude saying how much we appreciate them and all they do for us. And its no different with my Mum, so I thought I'd write a blog for her instead. To my Ma, When I was younger I always had the dream to have my own family and bring my children up the way you and Dad bought Laura and I up. We were always so fortunate growing up, visiting places that others weren't as lucky to go, doing things that others wanted to do. Having younger parents was always a massive bonus because we got to do all the cool fun stuff! We were lucky to have you around as much as we did. And still thats the same today. I don't know how I would get through all the trips to the hospital without you. The endless sitting around whist Mr W runs late for appointments. The days of my operations sitting by ...