Personal Stories

Karen is a medical student and is in her final year of studying before she graduates. Karen has endometriosis and has experienced challenging symptoms and circumstances throughout her education.

Amy is 39, lives with her gorgeous pug Blaise and works at Admiral – an endometriosis friendly employer.

Dee has been diagnosed with both endometriosis and adenomyosis and found that pelvic physiotherapy had a significant and positive effect, enabling her to manage her symptoms.

With endometriosis, cells are found where they shouldn’t be, and it’s common for people to be misdiagnosed.

Although it’s true that many women with endometriosis suffer bad periods, there’s a common misconception that that’s all endometriosis is.

1 in 10 women in Wales are living with endometriosis.

You can’t tell someone has endometriosis by looking at them. How does it feel to live with an invisible disease?

Endometriosis affects about one in ten women. In Wales alone that could mean as many as 160,000 people living with this invisible disease.

When I linked up with those on Facebook, my outlook changed a lot because I realised that I wasn’t on my own.

The EndoWalls are there to let those suffering with endometriosis know that they’re not alone.