Doctors blamed endometriosis on ‘period pain’; after 12 surgeries woman is having hysterectomy – NEWS.com.au

A woman has told how her doctor blamed her agonising stomach ache on period pains when she was actually suffering from endometriosis. But since being diagnosed nine years ago with the illness, where cells from the uterus grow elsewhere in the body, Anna Cooper has already undergone 12 operations.
And every day she takes slow-release morphine, or liquid morphine when things are particularly bad.
By speaking out, Anna, from Newbridge, North Wales, hopes to shine a light on her experience and campaign…

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