Endometriosis, which is a disease of the uterus where the uterine lining grows where it shouldn’t—in the pelvic area mostly, but also anywhere, the legs, abdomen, even the head. It causes chronic pain; gastrointestinal chaos; epic bleeding; in some cases, cancer; and means that I have miscarried, can’t have children, and have a surgery or two to look forward to. It means that every month, those rogue uterine cells that have implanted themselves throughout my body “obey their nature and bleed,” to quote fellow endo warrior Hilary Mantel. This causes cysts, which eventually burst, leaving behind
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I feel like i know nothing about endometriosis
