endometriosis
How Endometriosis Affects Your Sex Life
“I've realized that positions where I have more control of everything help me limit my pain, because I'm only doing what’s comfortable for me at any moment.”
How I Navigate Life as a 30-Year-Old With 22 Diseases
Strangers on the internet often question the authenticity of my diseases. “You don’t look sick,” they say. I now simply respond with, “Well, you don’t look stupid but here we are.”
Vulvodynia: The Debilitating Condition Nobody Seems to Know How to Treat
I have the little-known gynaecological condition, and no one can help me.
More Than Period Pain: Six Women On Being Diagnosed With Endometriosis
"The condition is debilitating even in its lightest forms," says Eva, 33. "If it only affected men we would have found a cure 20 years ago."
Treating Endometriosis as a Women's Disease Hurts Patients of All Genders
Living with endo is already hard when you're a white cis woman. For LGBTQ people dealing with a "women's disease," it's especially painful.
5 Horror Stories About the Cost of Health Care Even When You Have Insurance
"After a car accident, an emergency services bill grew to $75,000. We decided declaring bankruptcy was our only option."
Endometriosis Made a Woman's Lung Collapse—Twice
It's known as a "reproductive disease," but endometriosis has other serious, less-discussed effects.
Everything I Learned at a Workshop About Loving Your Period
"Eine Frau, die ihren Körper kennt, ist eine kraftvolle Frau", sagt die Kursleiterin.
Some Indian Women Are Quietly Cancelling Their Periods, and It’s Empowering
While we’ve been conditioned to believe that a monthly period is a sign of good health, women actually have a choice to give up on menstruation. We meet some Indian women who’ve made that choice.
'I Lost Everything': The Obscene Cost of Being a Woman with a Chronic Health Problem
Medical debt hounds some people more than others.
Lena Dunham Opens Up About Her Elective Hysterectomy
In a new interview, "Girls" creator Lena Dunham talks about years of debilitating pain caused by endometriosis, which eventually led to her decision to have a total hysterectomy.
I Thought I Was Gaining Weight, Then Doctors Found a 20-Pound Cyst on My Ovaries
No matter how much I worked out, my stomach refused to shrink. Turns out I wasn't gaining weight, I was just carrying a fluid-filled nightmare.