Personal Narrative: The First Time I Found Out
The First Time I Found Out Endometriosis. I did not know what that word meant and I did not care at the moment. I was sixteen and fearless, but this later would scare me. I saw tears form in my mom's eyes while I sat there wondering what my mom's problem was. I thought this is probably the same as strep throat, something I could take antibiotics for and it would go away. The doctor was explaining the issue and I was slowing realizing this was not just any ordinary sickness. This was something that would stick with me forever. Then the doctor said the one word that I knew could change my life, “infertility.” Everything else faded out, my vision blurred and my mind was on pause while I thought about my dreams of having a big family. Were those
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After many other doctor visits, I chose not to do treatment out of fear and heard from other people it was not a good idea. Sadly over time I gained over thirty pounds because it destroyed my digestive system. I became sick a lot because it also wrecked my immune system. My body will never be the same ever again. I can not workout anymore because my body can not handle it and I often face vitamin deficiency making it hard for me to move. It also spread into my lungs sometimes making it difficult for me to breathe. I can not process a lot of foods so I had to change my diet completely and cut out caffeine. Maybe these complications would not have happned if I would have taken action than, but I do not like to think that way. I wish I would have taken it more seriously and changed my attitude towards it instead of being more stubborn. Slowly over time I realized this wasn't something that was gonna leave or resolve itself so I decided to take action. Step by step I do anything to help myself and ease the pain. In the future if I can have kids I will have to undergo a hysterectomy after I have them. That's the only way to completely get rid of the pain. The pain is hard to deal with, but the reward of having kids is higher so I deal with it. Hopefully my solutions to help with endometriosis will help, but the results are a
After many other doctor visits, I chose not to do treatment out of fear and heard from other people it was not a good idea. Sadly over time I gained over thirty pounds because it destroyed my digestive system. I became sick a lot because it also wrecked my immune system. My body will never be the same ever again. I can not workout anymore because my body can not handle it and I often face vitamin deficiency making it hard for me to move. It also spread into my lungs sometimes making it difficult for me to breathe. I can not process a lot of foods so I had to change my diet completely and cut out caffeine. Maybe these complications would not have happned if I would have taken action than, but I do not like to think that way. I wish I would have taken it more seriously and changed my attitude towards it instead of being more stubborn. Slowly over time I realized this wasn't something that was gonna leave or resolve itself so I decided to take action. Step by step I do anything to help myself and ease the pain. In the future if I can have kids I will have to undergo a hysterectomy after I have them. That's the only way to completely get rid of the pain. The pain is hard to deal with, but the reward of having kids is higher so I deal with it. Hopefully my solutions to help with endometriosis will help, but the results are a