Amanda Fuller Instagram – A year ago today (well, yesterday now cause I accidentally deleted this whole damn thing and had to start all over again- 👋🏼 it’s me), I woke up from my first excision surgery for Endometriosis. They removed 27 endometrial masses (cysts etc) along with my appendix which was destroyed by it. My external scars have healed quite nicely (thank you docs), but the devastating truth is, my journey is only beginning again. I wish I could say I was cured. There is no cure. And after a few months of relief I had never even dreamed of (and having pain free, actually “normal”-ish periods for the first time in my life), my flare ups have come back with a vengeance. Constant and relentless. So, after waiting 25 long years for a proper diagnosis and any sort of treatment, I begin again. This is endometriosis. At least this time, I finally know what I am dealing with. For the most part. And I am sooooo not alone in this, which is why…
I thought what better day than today to honor this journey by announcing that I am starting a podcast. I know, 🙄. I certainly never thought I would be the one to join the podcast club, but… We need exposure, awareness, research, and allies to help the people born with uterus’ who suffer this monstrous disease get the help they so desperately deserve. We need an army. I have a responsibility to help build that army in any way I can. So, I present to you: @thatEndoPod – where I will share the unique and necessary stories of #endowarriors as well as interview experts in the field. We need each other. Episode one, where I will share my own story in full detail for the first time, will be released a month from today, June 27th 2023. Until then, be as well as you can be…and keep fighting.
With all my love-
a
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