Endometriosis Awareness – 2015

March is International Endometriosis Awareness Month, and our ribbon colour is yellow. You can read all about what Endometriosis is here.

You can read about the Myths surrounding endo and treatment here.

The reason that it is so important to raise awareness about Endometriosis is that it is considered an invisible illness.

An invisible illness is a chronic (long-term) illness or pain which is not easily detectable by others in a public setting. The person walking past you on the street may for example, seem able-bodied to you, but what you don’t know is that in order to be upright and walking today, that person had to ingest moderate doses of painkillers, practice their physical therapy lessons first thing in the morning just to garner mobility, and even as they walk past you now, are still in debilitating pain from their condition. That is what an invisible illness is. It is sometimes called an invisible disability.
According to disabled-world.com, 96% of people live with what are considered to be invisible illnesses, but show no outward signs of their illness. Ten percent (over 32 million people) in the United States have a medical condition which could be considered invisible illness. Of those, over 6 million women in the United States suffer from Endometriosis.

For the month of March, 2015, I will be active each day in posting a news story, research article, image or autobiography about Endometriosis.

YOU can help bring awareness of Endometriosis to the world by sharing the link to this website (http://www.livingwithendometriosis.org) and/or by donating to the World Endometriosis Research Foundation, whose mission it is to find improved treatments for the next generation of women with Endo.

You can even show support for those you love with endometriosis by sporting some cool clothes and things over at the But You Don’t Look Sick store.

Thank you for taking time to visit this website.