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Travelling with Endometriosis

Living with Endometriosis is a nightmare, but it can be made worse so quickly when you have to travel.  Growing up each year, we would go away on holiday. Sometimes it was a drive up the country; other times, it was a flight, but each trip was almost always around my birthday. Every year for my birthday, I would have my period, so it was a living nightmare to enjoy my trip away while suffering, but I have a few tips to help you on your travelling journey that I have learned over the years. Travel with a Heating pack and Tens unit: If you are like me and you use hot water bottles and electric throw blankets as your heating pack at home, you can buy small heating packs for travelling to help combat some of that uncomfortable feeling. You can also bring your TENS unit with you as well. Bring your medications and sanitary products: Don't be like me and think you will be okay without them because you are in a good time with your endo at the moment. I did this one year and landed up ge