VirusMaster3073@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhat were you surprised to learn wasn't actually normal?message-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat were you surprised to learn wasn't actually normal?VirusMaster3073@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareSharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoExcruciating period pain that would leave me fainting and vomiting every. Single. Time. “Every girl goes through this” said the doctor, convincing my parents that I was just “dramatic”. Turns out I had huge polyps growing out of control! Left scarring in my uterus and high-risk when pregnant. Dealt with that hell every fucking month since I was 11 until I got onto birth control in my 20s.
Excruciating period pain that would leave me fainting and vomiting every. Single. Time.
“Every girl goes through this” said the doctor, convincing my parents that I was just “dramatic”.
Turns out I had huge polyps growing out of control! Left scarring in my uterus and high-risk when pregnant.
Dealt with that hell every fucking month since I was 11 until I got onto birth control in my 20s.