Help Krista raise money

My journey with endometriosis started long before I ever heard the word. Horribly heavy, long, and painful periods, debilitating chronic pain, indescribably agonizing chronic pelvic pain, and many other symptoms, all from a very young age started my endometriosis journey. I just had my first laparoscopic excision surgery on March 7th 2024, and experienced minimized symptoms for two years after 26+ years of suffering from severe symptoms. While most of my previous symptoms remain minimized right now, unfortunately, I have had old symptoms slowly beginning to return and new ones creeping in.

Sadly, I am not alone.

Endometriosis is a full body disease, and NOT "just a bad period". Endometriosis has affected my overall quality of life, mental health, fertility, relationships with family and friends, and my ability to keep steady hours of employment.

Endometriosis warriors, suffer for a minimum of 8-10 years before receiving specialized symptom treatment and the wait times for an initial consult with the specialists we need (if the referral is even accepted) is currently at least 2 years. We spend years suffering, and begging to be referred to the right specialist for help. Often going to the ER when symptom management fails and our pain gets too bad to handle (where we're also gaslit and ignored most of the time), being told it's all in our heads, etc. All of this is beyond unacceptable. We shouldn't have to smile through it or learn to live with it, and we shouldn't have to struggle in silence. We deserve better care.

We need more medical professionals who specialize in endometriosis and we need more research into this disease. 1 in 10 (or 1 in 8) is not rare.

Any donation, no matter the size, will help towards better training for specialists, and medical professionals and create greater research funding.

Thank you. 💛🌻