Painkillers and surgery are not your only options.
It's a debilitating illness that affects approximately 200 million women of childbearing age worldwide.
Yet, for a disease so prevalent, endometriosis remains frequently underdiagnosed and untreated, not to mention misunderstood.
You may have had to consult with various doctors before finally getting the right diagnosis.
The unbearable pain you constantly experience, even outside your period, may have been dismissed.