"Just a Period" — You don't need to accept severe pain or heavy bleeding.

Written stories

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Amber’s story: “At the time I had no idea I had adenomyosis, endometriosis or PCOS”

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Sophie’s story: “painful periods are not normal”

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Isabella’s story: “Endometriosis has affected my life physically and emotionally”

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Laura’s story: “I repeatedly asked my employer to change their absence policy”

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Nia's story: “It was frustrating knowing that I could not train because of my period”

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Zaynah’s story: “Instead of revising for my GCSE’s, I was suffering with heavy bleeding and severe period pain”

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Niamh’s story: “I've been looking at this thing called endometriosis and I really think I've got it”

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Freya’s story: “Every time I would get a period, I couldn't move”

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Emma's story: "Endometriosis affects my life on a daily basis"

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Esther’s story: ‘PCOS pushed me from bleeding for six weeks to no period for six months’

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Tanya's story: "My periods leave me on the floor, vomiting, crying and holding my belly"

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Dawn’s story: "I want to help people with fibroids see the light at the end of the tunnel"

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Sarah’s Story: “The pain felt like a cat was trying to scratch out of my uterus”

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Beth's story: Living with adenomyosis

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Endometriosis: Kamini's story

Rachael’s endometriosis story

Lisa Hague

Lisa Hague's endometriosis story

Woona’s fertility story: ‘You can't help but wonder what could have been’

Maureen’s story: ‘We need a person-centred approach to dealing with PCOS’

Video stories

Esther's PCOS story

Dawn's fibroids story

Tanya's endometriosis and adenomyosis story

Beth's endometriosis and adenomyosis story