I became the support I needed as an eleven year old girl.
At 11 years old, I started menstruating (my first period started Christmas day… Merry Christmas to me). We visited my family doctor after several months of increasing pain and they sent me to a Gynaecologist. And by “sent me to a GYNO” I mean I got on the waitlist and didn’t get in for 8 months. During the appointment, we barely discussed my symptoms and I walked out the door with a prescription for birth control. We thought we had the solution to my pain.
It worked! For 2 months I didn’t have any pain, but it didn’t last and the pain came back with a vengeance. We booked another appointment, waited 6 months to get in, finally saw my specialist again and this time it really helped me… I was given stronger pain meds and a new birth control pill. You know how the story goes, you wait months to see a specialist, you go to the appointment, you leave with high hopes, and you find out that what they gave you isn’t gonna help.
Nothing is more frustrating than being told something will help when it doesn’t. A specialist is supposed to have all the answers for us - but they simply don’t. Please don’t get me wrong, I think that doctors are very important and I value their education - it’s difficult to figure out period pain and endometriosis. There are still many unknowns on the topic.
It just sucks that I trusted someone with my hormones and health and in the end I left feeling lied to. I became a hormonal mess after trying several types of birth control and definitely lost trust in my Gyno. I was given the hope of pain relief and period regulation, but instead I received a 15 minute appointment, a lack of support, lack of information, increasing cycle irregularity, and a moment of pain relief (that I must admit I was grateful for).
Wow… I’m literally sitting here taking a big breath after writing that. My period memories are horror stories that I wish I could undo. All I want is to go back to the beginning, to that very first period and rewrite the story. The crazy thing is that if I could rewrite it, my first thought isn’t to never have period pain, instead I’d have someone show up with the information and support that I desperately needed. I deserved better care - and so do you.
It’s been 15 years that I’ve battled with endometriosis and all the trauma that came with it. It’s the reason why I designed Fearless Periods. To rewrite the story for the 11 year olds like me and for anyone else who never had the support they needed. I became who I needed as a little girl and who I still need now and again. It seems as though no one cares enough to actually find solutions that work… but hey, you found me and I want you to know just how much I care about you and your periods. I want you to have the best experiences possible and I will fight for you to have the support you deserve.
It is finally possible to start thinking of your upcoming period in a positive way.
Girl - it’s your time to shine! Let’s take back our lives and find hope, relief, community, and support - let’s interrupt the unending cycle of period pain.
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