People Are Sharing The Moment They Realized Their Period Pain/Symptoms Were Not Normal

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“Passing a clot the size of a loonie and bleeding through a pad, underwear, denim shorts, a mattress cover, and almost right through a five-inch foam mattress all with one gush wasn’t enough of a hint.”

“I’d been having worse and worse cramps with every period that painkillers couldn’t touch, and more than once spent a good part of my shift crouched down on the floor behind the cash register while hanging off the counter just trying to breathe through the pain, but when I was physically unable to stand for days on end and could barely eat or think straight because of pain and nausea, my mom looked at me and told me I needed to tell my boss I couldn’t come in, and took me to a walk-in clinic that afternoon. I was extremely lucky to have a female doctor who believed me right away, actually listened, and that same day she ordered some further testing and we made a treatment plan for what was most likely endometriosis. The first treatment we tried works well for me still six years later, and I am so grateful to have had the support I needed to get help.” 

–Anonymous, 26 from Canada