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·Dec 19, 2019

Endometriosis, or the Best Bad News I’ve Ever Gotten

Before my diagnosis, I spent half my life playing a long and painful guessing game — I was 30 the first time I heard the word “endometriosis” in a medical setting. Before that, I’d encountered it only in private conversations, in web forums, in drug commercials among myriad terrifying symptoms and side effects. And, most precariously, in my own mind — balancing on a tightrope between…

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Endometriosis, or the Best Bad News I’ve Ever Gotten
Endometriosis, or the Best Bad News I’ve Ever Gotten
Amy Barthel

Amy Barthel

mpls ● feminist ● bar trivia host ● comms pro ● crazy pet lady ● endometriosis warrior ● fat ● ig/twitter: @amynneapolis ● she/her

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