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| Many women experiencing endometriosis pain have said it feels like being unrelentingly devoured by many feeding creatures |
IF YOU ARE A
WOMAN chances are you have endometriosis.
If you are a
man, chances are you know women who have it.
Yet, mention
the word “endometriosis” and you’ll be met by a distinct, “What’s that then?”
Well, it’s
just the MOST common chronic ailment affecting women and girls today.
The New York
Presbyterian Hospital, and others, lists endometriosis as more common than AIDS
and cancer among women; with 176 million females worldwide having been
diagnosed, while many more times that have it, but remain undiagnosed.
And the
numbers continue to steadily grow.
Ignorance, not bliss
On the human/personal side, I was
almost killed by endo; this despite the fact that unlike most sufferers I was
extremely educated about it. After all, I was diagnosed at nineteen, and
dedicated all the resources and skill of my Media professional status toward learning
about this undoing ailment.
Imagine what it must be like for the millions of women who do not have a clue. Consider:
- There is severe constriction of freedom of information on endo, that could empower women to protect and capably care for their mental, physical and emotional well-being
- There remains very little proper medical support and help; thus leaving women to suffer from the stresses of endo, that often result in an inability to earn a living and pursue a productive life, including motherhood and a family
- There continues to exist total constriction of reproductive rights through often unnecessary removal of ovaries and/or womb
- It has been proven that lack of assistance can result in severe debilitation … and even death
Help a touch(screen) away
Thankfully I am now merely one among thousands
of informed, caring, endo education advocating persons on the Internet reaching
out to help endow women with the knowledge needed to battle back against endo.
What I might have over others are: I survived,
and am thriving beyond, endometriosis (with my womb intact); and I am a Media
professional well-versed in fact-finding, comparative research and
compassionate delivery of “the real story.”
MY MISSION
I would like
this blog to be an Endometriosis Warriors
Fallout Shelter: endowing women
with means to fight the still “Hidden Epidemic.”
Once you, too, begin to grow in knowing about
this sometimes killer disease, you can begin to help create awareness of it.
You can join the fight and head in the direction of eventually bringing about a
sensitised change in attitudes toward, and treatment of, endometriosis at all
levels of society.
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
So step up, walk in beauty, hit the link and welcome to ABC Endo: A Trinbago Survivor's Guide
