Endometriosis

 When it comes to starting a new relationship, there is something I always dread. Telling my partner about endometriosis, and while this post isn't just about telling your partner about your endometriosis but any loved on this post will defiantly help you navigate having to tell that special person in your life about your illness. So how do you communicate about living with endometriosis? Learn more about endometriosis: this way, you can give real information to whoever you are talking to without spreading misinformation. Talk about how it affects you personally: Everyone suffers differently, so telling the person how it affects you can make it easier for them to understand; they may have noticed some things like you being more tired randomly or bloating up. This will help them connect your diagnosis to symptoms.  Timing: Timing is everything. My partner will lay down in bed, can be having a conversation, and will be fast asleep seconds later and not remember a thing we talked...

 It's been a year this month since I had to have laparoscopic surgery to officially diagnose me with Endometriosis after many years of suffering from Endometriosis with no idea if it actually was or not.  To mark the year anniversary, I thought I would talk all about what to expect with laparoscopic surgery. Preparing: Talk to your doctor and find out if you will be staying overnight when you can go back to work or school, and anything they want you to do to prepare will be beneficial, so you are not stressing last minute. Every doctor is different as well with how they want everything post-surgery to go. Having a clean house will make life so much easier. You won't want to be doing much, let alone cleaning, so having a clean environment will mean one less thing to worry about. Pre-prepared meals. Cooking meals in advance and freezing them or buying premade meals will mean if you live by yourself, you can quickly heat up your food, or if you live with your partner, it wil...

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...

 If you are like me, you know that podcasts are life; they are perfect to listen to when going to sleep, travelling and doing household chores. And with over 800,000 active podcasts to date, there is something for everyone, including about endometriosis.  I listen to podcasts solely on my Spotify account, but there are so many places to listen to podcasts, so I thought I would make a list of endometriosis podcasts. All the links will be for Spotify, but I'm sure you can find these podcasts on other sites as well.  1.)  The Endo Babe Podcast: Endometriosis w/ Chelsea Bri "Welcome to The Endo Babe Podcast with your host Chelsea Bri. This is a badass + empowering podcast for people with endometriosis created with the mission to help you thrive with endometriosis. Here we dive deep into all things endometriosis, mindset, self-love, health, and so much more so you can leave this podcast feeling inspired + empowered on your own health journey, with more confidence and the ...

Flare-ups are rough; the pain that is felt is exhausting, you want to curl up and hide forever and just want it to end, but it's just another one of those horrible side effects of endometriosis. There are ways, however, to get some relief during a flare-up. First, I should probably talk about what an Endometriosis flare-up is. An Endometriosis flare-up can manifest in many ways. For some, it is an Endo belly, and for others, endo belly is just a normal part of there daily Endometriosis struggle. An endo belly is when the stomach becomes swollen from bloating and inflammation. It looks like you are pregnant, and it's very uncomfortable, to say the least. Flares also can take a toll both physically and mentally. It can feel like somebody is carving your insides out like a pumpkin with a knife that is on fire. They can also cause you to not be able to walk, work or go to school. Make you so tired that you sleep all day and make your whole body ache from the top of your head to you...

Working out is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle but it can be hard when you are in extreme pain so these are some workouts for endometriosis that are meant to help reduce pain and inflammation. Not all of these will work for everyone, some have helped me and others haven't but the only way to know if it will help you is through trial and error just like everything, this is just a list of exercises and if you want to do more research on the benefits for you and your individual endometriosis.  Swimming Water aerobics Brisk walk Pilates, Yoga and Tai Chi  Bouldering lunges  squats Sit to stands Clams or Side-lying leg raises Don't worry if you cant works out every day or some weeks not at all just try and stay as active as you can and don't compare yourself to everyone else because that won't help with your mental state and remember not all exercise is good for endo like situps and high-intensity workouts. What workouts help you?

One of the worst things is getting your period unexpectedly with nothing to help if that's in school or work or even if you are just out at a friend or on a road trip, but no matter where it happens or even if it's expected it is always ideal to have a period kit ready to go that can be in your handbag or backpack. It is very easy to make this on a budget as well. what you will need: Pain killers to take the edge off if needed Sanitary products (whatever you use, reusable products, tampons, pads, or even a period cup or two.) Spare pair of underwear A snack  Sanitary wipes to clean up Bag for used products (for if you are somewhere you cant dispose of disposable sanitary products or to store used products to take home to clean if it's reusable) Bag to store everything in so its easy to grab hand sanitiser for if you get blood on your hands and need to clean up quick Of course, if you think of anything else that could be useful then add that in as well this is just what I fo...