Skip to main content

Getting diagnosed

Women share their experiences of getting diagnosed with endometriosis.

Personal Story
Endometriosis has affected me both physically and mentally in many ways for many years. Leaving me at times, finding it impossible to go about my…
Personal Story
It wasn’t an easy road to getting a diagnosis – even after knowing it for years. I went back and forth to the doctors, but as time progressed, so did…
Personal Story
I remember being in Post Op ward and the consultant telling me, I have endometriosis, instead of being in shock or being sad, I smiled, it was a…
Personal Story
I am 35 years old and it took me 7 years to get diagnosed with thoracic endometriosis.  The journey to diagnosis started with a right pneumothorax…
Personal Story
“Every step of this painful journey I’ve had to convince everyone how much pain I was in.” My experience I’d been experiencing endometriosis…
Personal Story
I was diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis in August 2014. Receiving this diagnosis was the culmination of an awful journey I’d been on since…
Personal Story
For me being diagnosed was a pretty fast process, although I did the research and had to put forward the suggestion that my symptoms showed it could…
Personal Story
“Nobody should be frightened to be assertive and appropriately persistent about their health concerns.” MY EXPERIENCE I’d been experiencing…
Personal Story
"I was just told I had Stage 4 endometriosis... I wasn’t given any further information even though I had never heard of endometriosis before." MY…

Displaying 1 - 9 of 9