Every March I keep thinking that I need to post something about Endometriosis Awareness Month and I often forget until it's the end of the month, then I'm scrambling for something. But this year, I came across the right thing to share.
I've always liked the CBC Radio show 'White Coat, Black Art'. The host is a doctor who reports on a variety of health issues and he can be brutally honest about how the medical model works. And sometimes, he gets brutally honest people to do pieces for the show.
This week's is about Endometriosis. It's been done by a woman who attends the Endometriosis Support Group I used to attend when I lived in Toronto. That group was a lifeline for me when I was navigating the murky waters of gynaecology trying to get answers, and I owe several debts of gratitude to many of the women I met there.
This piece is definitely worth a listen if you want to better understand what things are like for women with Endo. It is brutal in its honesty, especially where she recorded herself in a pain crisis. I found that particularly hard to listen to as I know EXACTLY what that is like. But it is all kinds of real.
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/endometriosis-my-painful-search-for-answers-1.4569537
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