Hannah George (she/hers) is a senior at Harvard College from Sharon, PA studying Government and Ethnicity, Migration and Rights. She is currently taking time off from school to recover from endometriosis excision surgery, and is passionate about women’s healthcare and reproductive health justice.
There is something uniquely remarkable about someone who, amidst their own painful experiences, chooses to use their voice to help others. The decision to build community, uplift others, and fight for change—all while in the thick of…
The experience of endometriosis, though different for everyone, is so deeply inlaid with pain of all kinds. Beyond the obvious physical pain, living with this disease so often engenders grief and loss, anger and anxiety, despair and hopelessness.…
So you’ve finally reached a suggestive endometriosis diagnosis after what has likely been a harrowing journey, and there are some decisions to be made. Whether the diagnosis is met with relief at finally having answers, surprise,…
Living with endometriosis and its associated health challenges was not a part of my college plan. I never would have imagined that planning my daily schedule around bathroom breaks would be a necessity, or that spending many weekend nights…
In my long, painful road to discovering and treating my endometriosis, one of the pit stops was an interstitial cystitis (IC) diagnosis. Nicknamed the “evil twin” of endometriosis due to their frequent comorbidity, IC is characterized…