Endometriosis.
A vantage point into the Silent struggle for women’s health funding.
“Around 4 am I woke up because I thought I had a stomach ache. For about an hour, I rolled around trying to ignore the pain, finally I got up and went to the bathroom for painkillers. As soon as I stood up fully-awake, I realized that I was in a tremendous amount of pain. My abdomen felt on fire. This wasn’t a stomach ache. When I got to the bathroom, I collapsed to the floor. I was in disbelief. Staring at the ceiling, I was thinking, ‘Man, would rather be dead right now. If there was a gun next to me, I would fire it.’ Eventually, I tried to stand up to get help but as soon as I stood up my ears started ringing loudly and I couldn’t hear anything. My vision went white and blurry and then I passed out. I was 14.”
