Facing the Medical-Insurance Complex
Bodhi of Pain* (The Endometriosis Diaries, Part III)
Jul 25, 2018 · 9 min read
Before I was diagnosed with endometriosis, I struggled for years to find out what brought on my rare, but severe, pain attacks. During that time, I had been told so many times that there was nothing wrong with me that I had internalized this notion to a greater extent than I realized. As my symptoms got progressively worse, I continued to live with the old mental script for a long time. For instance, I found it inexplicably hard to request medical leave from the university where I…
