This is a long post but bear with me...... Today I finally got answers and it's feels great but scary too. For years I have had extremely painful and heavy periods, all that time, I was told by doctors that it was all in my head. I have used every contraceptive pill available, I have been put on many different pain killers. Nothing worked and yet nothing was done to help me further. I got to a point where I thought "well, this is it, this is my life now and I just have to cope". Today, I sat at my work desk crying because of the pain, by 12pm I had soaked through 5 sanitry towels. My amazing manager told me to get a doctors appointment as soon as I could, she didn't care about the core hours policy, she just told me to go. I requested to see a female doctor, as it was all males who had palmed me off with tablets. The doctor I saw actually listened, for the first time a doctor noted down that my mum had endometriosis and had to have a hysterectomy the solve the problem. She told me that my symptoms matched up with endometriosis and went through two options : 1. I take the pill every day and only stop for a week if I have spotting and let my lining shed or 2. Have my implant taken out and have the marina coil put in. She didn't want me to go through a laparoscopy because of my age (I'm 21) and it could do more damage than good. I said no to the first option, I couldn't bare the thought of potentially going through another period again. The way she described the coil baffled me, it sounded perfect, but maybe that was my desperation of wanting the pain to end. But I am going to have one put in, this is the only thing they can do for me right now and I will take this opportunity, it has to work, I've been in pain for so long. But that's not to say I agreed with it straight away; she ran over our appointment just to answer my questions and concerns, not one question was left unanswered and every concern was put to rest. A 10 minute booking turned into 20 minutes and I left feeling like all my pain would finally be over. I know it won't cure the endometriosis but it will stop the pain and bleeding, I'll be able to do things I wouldn't have been able to. There is finally a light at the end of the tunnel, I can finally breathe, I can finally live. Anyone who is going through this will know the feeling that comes over you when someone finally listens and tells you that it's not just in your head. And to the girls still trying to get answers, don't giveji up, keep pushing for answers

and you will get them ❤️❤️❤️