![]() ![]() Norman begins her story with the moment she first experienced the pain that would change her life. Norman not only relates her personal experiences with endo and her quest for adequate healthcare, but also historicizes women’s frustration with the healthcare system. ![]() When I discovered she was writing about her experiences with endometriosis, or endo, I knew I had to read it. ![]() Thanks to her insistence on getting me early referrals to her own OB/GYN, I was largely spared the years of being turned away by doctor after doctor who couldn’t or wouldn’t take my pain seriously as I searched for a name for what was wrong with me.Īlthough my experience is not typical for people with endometriosis, I still identified with Abby Norman’s book Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women’s Pain from the minute I finished reading the subtitle. Thankfully, my mother also had endometriosis and knew (although hoped she was not right) that I probably had it too. I got my period when I was 12, and from the start I was in such pain that I regularly missed school. I was diagnosed with endometriosis when I had my first laparoscopy at 14. ![]()
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