- I am one in 10.
- One in ten who wakes up everyday with pain I bear in silence.
- Pain that is taboo.
- Pain that can't be medicated away.
- No one believed I could be in so much pain from my period.
- No one told me there was something wrong.
- No one told me I was not alone.
- Pain with your period is not normal.
- Your period should not hurt.
- It's not in your head.
- It's not in your head.
- I had three surgeries.
- I had four surgeries.
- Two surgeries.
- Five surgeries.
- 12 surgeries.
- 200 million women world-wide have Endometriosis.
- 200 million women wait on average 10 years for a correct diagnosis.
- Some are never diagnosed.
- For each of the seven million women in the U.S who have Endometriosis--
- The government spent just one dollar on research last year.
- Just one dollar.
- This disease is not a mystery.
- Because it can be treated.
- It can be treated.
- Taking my uterus.
- Taking my ovaries is not the answer.
- It's time for women to come together.
- To step out from the shadows.
- Raise our voices.
- Raise our voices.
- Raise our voices.
- For early diagnosis.
- For greater awareness.
- For more research funding.
- For treatment that works.
- Now is the time.