Lehanan

ENDOMETRIOSIS

Added 2021-07-06 10:47:23 +0000 UTC

Last week, and after a lot of tests, I was diagnosed from endometriosis.

It’s not dangerous for my life but it’s been conditioning my life for years, if I think about it: extreme weakness, strong anemia, massive bleeding in my periods and migraines.

What made me realise this was not normal is when I suffered from a slight fever during one of my last menstruations.

These last weeks have been very frightening because it could have been something worse, but fortunately, endometriosis is a “benign” desease.

But just because it’s benign doesn’t mean it wasn’t literally draining my life. Living with endometriosis is the absolute normalisation of PAIN. You don’t even realise how much of pain you have until, suddenly, you take your treatment and feel a bit of rest.

In just 10 days of pills, I’m full of energy, I don’t faint anymore when doing sports and I don’t feel like “I don’t wanna live” anymore. This thing was causing me depression, and as soon the chemistry of my body changed, my lifestyle did too. I was not even realising how bad I was until I started to feel better.

1 of 10 women and people with uterus suffer from this illness (diagnosed) and it has no cure. It causes infertility and treatment erases your menstruation so the possibility of having natural children is reduced to zero. I wanted to be a mom, and I probably won’t.

But hey. Life goes on.

Be careful and take care of your body. We only have one.