Dear Glow.

No, three days of light cramping, of which some definitely was related to constipation, does NOT mean that I may have endometriosis.

Worrying that mild symptoms may mean something serious points towards hypochondria, and in this case hypochondria by proxy.

Yup. I'm irritated.

My suggested treatment would be for you to take a chill pill and focus on health, not illness.

Please spread more understanding and less worry.

And please don't remind me to do a breast exam during my period. Actually, don't remind me to do a breast exam at all. There is very little evidence to actually support breast self examination and they stopped advising people to do it in Europe almost 10 years ago.

But please do teach your readers more about what normal breasts feel and act like, and encourage to get familiar with their own bodies.

Please stop advocating a sort of 'control health' because it's a myth. Please do advocate how amazing the female body is, and how to take care of ourselves in a healthy way.

I spend my day trying to make myself redundant.

Greets,

Just a GP registrar without endometriosis

3 weeks late... & spotting.

Let's Glow!

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