March is Endometriosis Awareness Month ️

I have decided to raise money for Endometriosis Uk, by climbing Mount Snowdon, June this year.

I’m fundraising for Endometriosis because this is not just a cause to me, it is my life.

On March 5th, 2025, after 9 years of being dismissed, doubted, and told it was “all in my head,” I was finally diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis through laparoscopy. But my story didn’t start there.

It started when I was 13 years old, back in April 2016, when the pain first took hold.

I remember sitting in classrooms in secondary school, fighting back tears, begging teachers to let me go home because the pain was so overwhelming. This wasn’t “bad period cramps.” This was pain that made me shake, curl up, vomit and sometimes even pass out. It was pain that stole my teenage years, my education, and later, my ability to keep a job, relationships and friends.

Instead of being believed, I was told I was dramatic. That I had a low pain tolerance. That I was making it up. That I was “just unlucky.”

Having to leave jobs because of “too much time off” and “made-up symptoms.” Even now, I frequently have to miss work because the reality of living with endometriosis doesn’t fit neatly into a normal schedule.

And this is the reality for so many.

Endometriosis is not “just a period condition.” It is a whole-body, life-altering disease that can cause severe chronic pain, exhaustion, organ damage, infertility, and symptoms so intense that sufferers can collapse from the agony. It impacts mental health, relationships, careers, and everyday life in ways most people never see. And there is no cure.

Yet it remains widely misunderstood and heavily stigmatised.

On average, it takes 7–10 years to receive a diagnosis. I am part of that statistic. And so are millions of others. In fact, 1 in 7 females assigned at birth are affected by endometriosis, but far too many still suffer in silence, unheard and unsupported.

This is why supporting Endometriosis UK matters so much.

They provide vital support, raise awareness, fund research, and fight to make sure no one else has to wait years just to be believed.

I’m sharing my story because the stigma needs to end. The dismissal needs to end. The idea that this is “just a bad period” needs to end.

Every donation helps bring us closer to earlier diagnoses, better treatments, more understanding, and a future where people with endometriosis are listened to the first time they speak.

Thank you for reading, for supporting, and for helping turn pain into progress.

Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.

More information about Endometriosis UK: Endometriosis UK is the leading UK charity supporting those affected by endometriosis and is at the heart of supporting those affected by the disease, and driving change to ensure everyone has access to the right care at the right time. We offer information and support to women and those assigned female at birth with endometriosis through our website and information leaflets, and via our local support groups, Helpline, webchat and online forum; as well as our campaigning and lobbying activities.