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Endometriosis changed my life. 

I was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2021 after years of severe and chronic pain that impacted by quality of life in so many ways. Endometriosis impacts 1 in 10 women and girls and an unknown number of transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse individuals. Despite the high prevalence rates, it still takes on average 7.9 years to receive a diagnosis in Canada.

Endometriosis is more than just "a bad period" - for anyone who knows me, you'll know endometriosis affects my life on a daily basis. It impacts my ability to walk, to work, to show up for my friends and family the way I once dreamed of.

But, endometriosis in many ways has also given me purpose. For the last three years, I have studied women's chronic pain so I can learn from women about their experiences and understand the evidence-based approaches to multidisciplinary pain management. I also returned to school - to both become a sexual health educator and a social work - so that I can support others, like me, who live with chronic pain and are far often seen as no more than a statistic.