DIAGNOSING ENDOMETRIOSIS → DISMISSED & DEHIBITATING PAIN
Hobbling to the other end of the gym, feeling the cramps pounding against my lower stomach, I winced with every step. Even two forms of birth control could not prevent the painful cramps from occurring whenever I exercised for reasons completely unknown to me. The pain was rocking me more than usual, so I knelt down trying to think if I had missed my pill. Nexplanon, the birth control plastic that goes in your arm, had not been successful in controlling my cycle, so a hormone pill had to be...