The Journal

Gentle words for the hard parts of the road

Healing

Can Endometriosis and PCOS/PMOS Really Heal? What No One Tells You

You were handed a diagnosis, some pills or a surgery, and one quiet sentence underneath it all: manage it, there is no cure. Maybe you nodded in the r…

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Pain & Flares

How to Get Through an Endometriosis or PCOS/PMOS Flare at Home

It comes without warning. One moment you are getting through your day, and the next the pain has folded you in half on the bathroom floor, and every p…

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Healing

Why You Feel Worse Before You Feel Better (Endometriosis & PCOS/PMOS)

You were doing everything right. The good weeks had started to string together. You let yourself hope, just a little. And then, out of nowhere, the ol…

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Advocacy

How to Be Taken Seriously by Your Doctor with Endometriosis or PCOS/PMOS

You finally said it out loud. How bad the pain really is. How long it has been. How much of your life it has quietly taken. And you watched the doctor…

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Fertility

Endometriosis, PCOS/PMOS and Fertility: A Gentle, Honest Guide

If you want a baby and the word endometriosis, or PCOS/PMOS, landed like a door quietly closing. If every month of trying carries hope and dread in th…

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Fertility

Egg Freezing with Endometriosis or PCOS/PMOS: What to Know First

Maybe you are not ready for a baby yet, but the ticking has started, loud and relentless, and everyone seems to have an opinion about your timeline ex…

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Surgery

Preparing for Endometriosis Surgery: A Gentle Guide for the Weeks Before

There is a date on the calendar now, and everything in you tightens when you look at it. You have questions you did not think to ask in the appointmen…

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Surgery

Recovery After Endometriosis Surgery: The Twelve Weeks That Matter Most

You made it through. The surgery is done. And now you are home, sore and tired, and quietly realising that no one really told you what happens next. H…

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Medications

Endometriosis and PCOS/PMOS Medications, Finally Explained Simply

You were handed a prescription, a quick sentence, and not much else. The pill, the patch, the injection, the metformin, the new one everyone is talkin…

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Supplements

The Best Supplements for Endometriosis and PCOS/PMOS? Start Here First

Open your cupboard. If it is anything like mine used to be, it is a small graveyard of half-finished bottles, each one bought in a moment of hope afte…

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