Living Through Endo

  One thing I hear all the time is "Can't you just have a hysterectomy" to help your symptoms or cure endometriosis? The short answer is no! Before I explain why that is, you have to understand what Endo is exactly. Endometriosis is a lifelong condition that appears outside of the uterus. It looks like tissue from the inside of the uterus it's very similar only growing on the outside instead of the inside. That is why a hysterectomy isn't a cure and often doesn't help the person suffering from it unless of course the main symptoms were confined to the time of their period. Unfortunately, endometriosis is a medical condition that doesn't have a cure as of right now, doctors still don't know enough about it and only have theories as to what causes it, it is still being researched and studied. Endometriosis is described as a whole-body disease.  Now, some people, do get relief however most likely that's because the majority of their pain from the cond...

The last couple of days have been tough for my endometriosis! It started yesterday I went to bed at almost 3am cause I am a night owl and was woken up by a beeping sound. Turns out our Carbon Monoxide alarm was beeping and my cat was trying to hide from the loud sounds. At first, I started to freak out & stress out because I had just woken up, I thought it was beeping 4 times which would signify an emergency and meant that it was detecting carbon monoxide so it really freaked me out. I frantically called my husband to let him know what was going on & asked if it was beeping before he left for work that morning and he had said "No, it wasn't" he listened to the beeping through the phone and told me it sounded like 5 beeps not 4...so did a quick google search to find out 5 beeps means either it needs new batteries or the whole system is expired and needs replaced. I thought hey didn't we just have the batteries replaced.  So, I got on the computer and put in a w...

You can find the book listed under my “Resources” tab, it’s listed on my Amazon storefront! This book is so good so far!! Even though I don't like the amount of curse words she uses, I can relate to her on so many levels. Wanted to share this part of the book and man can I agree on this, especially in regards to social media!  "If it isn't people reminding me that my pain could be worse, so I should just suck it up and stop being a sad, angry girl; or minimizing my pain and telling me it's making me stronger; it's people thinking they can fix me. Living with a chronic illness is really like, I think it would be this: You are just trying to live your life and do the best you can, but you are constantly bombarded with people who truly believe they know what is best for your body. They, the people who are not living in your body, think they understand it better than you...THE PERSON IN THE BODY. And even though you never asked them for help or communicated that you wo...

I should have come on here and posted this last night but totally forgot to do so, so I'm on here now making this blog post. I created this blog because I wanted to raise awareness for Endometriosis, give resources, and share education along with sharing my own personal journey/experience with this condition. So that's why I'm sharing this post today.  Last night went pretty well when the pain came over me suddenly without warning, I was sitting on the couch watching a True Crime video on YouTube and doing some loom knitting which I hadn't done in months when all of a sudden I started to get pain at the same time on both sides of my pelvis that literally felt like someone took 2 knives and stabbed my pelvis continuously this pain lasted for probably 15 minutes and then went away. But my first thought was "Oh no, am I going to have a flare-up tonight?" It literally felt like I was going to have a flare, I will never forget what it felt like at the onset and I k...

 I decided to share a snippet from Lara Parker’s “Vagina Problems” and talk a little about endo today on video. To check out all the books I recommend visit the “Resources” tab!

I woke up determined today to get back into a workout routine. I weighed in this morning at 206 lbs and I am determined to drop down to my weight I used to be at when I was a teen of 120 lbs in hopes it'll be easier to find clothes that fit and just to feel overall better plus I keep telling myself if I just lose a few pounds maybe it will even help with my fertility as well, a story I will share on another blog post a little bit later. Anyway as I said I was determined to start my workout routine back up today I had my pre-workout drink to give myself some energy, my multivitamin, and my rhodiola supplement which seems to help a little with energy as well, and my mental focus (I'll have the link to my Amazon storefront listed at the end of this blog in case you want to see what I use and want to get you some as well). I threw on my workout clothes as soon as I got out of bed to help motivate me to get going, I always found staying in my pajamas all day just makes me more depre...

  One of the HARDEST parts of Endometriosis is the nausea that comes with it which can happen any time of the month, during periods, not during periods, after sex, after exercise, after stress. Doesn’t matter. And it can even happen every day all day and all month long! It’s very miserable 😖  Tonight having that severe nausea so bad can’t even eat! Tried eating an orange and every bite made me want to throw up.  But these lemon 🍋, ginger 🫚, mint drops seem to help the horrible nauseous feeling! #endometriosis #endowarrior #endonausea