This is the harsh reality of living with Endometriosis, living with chronic pain and the effects of this insidious disease that affects 1 in 10 women, What is Endometriosis? Find out more here.
Author: Teena
Creator of Whoa Mumma, a site for parents managing life with a chronic illness and pain
Hospital and post op recovery Must Haves
Having surgery is never fun, but when it is necessary then you should approach it with the right attitude and be prepared to have the best recovery possible.
The 5 stages of grieving your diagnosis
The 5 stages of grieving your diagnosis. It's ok to grieve the loss of who you once were.
Two weeks post op & a wound that won’t heal
Two weeks post op and unfortunately part of my wound is not healing and keeps opening up.
1 day post op, leaving ICU
Despite spending the night in ICU which is always fun, tubes everywhere, lots of machines buzzing and beeping and observations every hour and nurses talking loudly I managed about an hours sleep...
Surgery day is here!
The day is finally here, months in the waiting, lots of tears but the day is here. It's strange, the lead up I am anxious and feel so stressed but once the day comes a strange sense of calm comes over me.
One week to go for surgery
So just one week to go till surgery and the anxiety is building. I think sometimes the lead up us worse, the fear, the stress and the anxiety of what will be.
Start of the journey – Endometriosis surgery (op 46 or 47?)
So it's that time again, surgery time. I have honestly lost track if this is surgery number 46 or 47. But it's a big one. This one is to remove Endometriosis, repair some hernias and adhesion's and potentially remove a mass on the liver.
What the 10-year Facebook photo challenge showed me
What has the 10 year Facebook photo challenge showed me? Well I don't look at this photo and think about the wrinkles or how much older I look, I think about what the last decade of living in constant pain has shown me.
The great slime meltdown of 2018
Self-care is super important and what that means for you is different from the next person, but how we talk to ourselves is equally as important, telling ourselves it’s ok to admit you are tired, it’s ok to be struggling and need a rest or break but that you can do this, you’ve got this, you just need to do it your way and it’s ok to say hey I need help.
