Freedom at last – Lisa ’ s story

The post Freedom at last – Lisa’s story appeared first on Hysterectomy Association. I was 12 when the pains first started. Excruciating pains such that I would count the hours between pain killers and hide at the back of the class trying not to cry. I watched my mother go through the same thing so I figured it was normal. Periods were to be feared each and every month. They were never on time, never when I expected them and always left me tired. But I carried on. As I approached my twenties, and boys came into my life, so did the contraceptive pill and at last the periods were bearable. Each month the pain was bad but I could cope – they were always on schedule and the pain lasted fewer days and could be controlled. So life continued and I was ok. Thing was, I had lower back pain. It would come and go and I’d be diagnosed with degenerate discs in my spine, given exercises and I would cope between the false-ups of sciatica and not put two and two together until much much later. Coming into my last thirties and I started having reactions to the pill. Turned out my body didn’t like the hormone additives so rather than be violently ill each month we tried several different things util I gave up taking the stuff. By this point I was pretty much pain free on periods and I didn’t think twice. The back pain came and went especially as I seemed to carry any stress in my lower back and hips, but treatments and exercises help… so, again, I carri...
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