We share a similar story except it took many doctors and over 10 years to get the diagnosis. I have had to quit my teaching job where I worked for 17 years. I was faced with staying home and still not able to manage the household or my 5 kids. My poor husband has been forced to deal with the majority of the work but I do my best and that is all I can…

My heart breaks for you. I know several people who have similar stories, not necessarily around endometriosis but various autoimmune disordrrs. A friend of mine battles something life destroying that doctors just have no clue for. They just throw diagnoses at her, fibromyalgia, Addison’s disease, hypothyroidism. None of them seem to make sense nor do…

Of All The Things I’ve Lost, I Miss My Mind The Most.

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Thirty years into my sickle cell anemia diagnosis, it’s safe to say I’ve lost a lot. From the organs in my ailing body to friends, businesses, money and more, I’ve…

“Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to kindness and wisdom we make promises only; pain we obey.”

—Marcel Proust, Sodom and Gomorrah