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OK so I’m still fuming about @Smutathon2020 being thrown into Twitter jail (why? Why now??) & so I wanted to share some #Smutathon2020 content here
@EndometriosisUK is such an amazing cause & I’d hate our imprisonment to affect how much we raise for them! https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Smutathon-2020
@EndometriosisUK is such an amazing cause & I’d hate our imprisonment to affect how much we raise for them! https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Smutathon-2020
We chose @EndometriosisUK is this is a painful and potentially debilitating condition that affects 1 in 10 AFAB people and yet is poorly understood - even by doctors, as I wrote in my addition to the #EndoStories series https://smutathon.com/2020/07/29/endo-stories-endometriosis-101-a-medical-perspective/
‘I didn’t bother explaining that my (male, elderly) GP had refused to refer me until he ran out of painkillers to prescribe & I’d yelled at him for suggesting a psychological diagnosis’
@ZebraRoseSub wrote an incredible story of her struggle for diagnosis https://smutathon.com/2020/06/30/endometriosis-is-a-thing/
@ZebraRoseSub wrote an incredible story of her struggle for diagnosis https://smutathon.com/2020/06/30/endometriosis-is-a-thing/
‘Because every other moment is cloaked in a harsh reality that for me, and the tens of millions like me, there is no cure for’
@TheDameEds reminded us that many, many people suffer because there is no cure...YET! https://smutathon.com/2020/07/06/endo-stories-definitelyeddy/
@TheDameEds reminded us that many, many people suffer because there is no cure...YET! https://smutathon.com/2020/07/06/endo-stories-definitelyeddy/
‘15 years of being told there’s nothing wrong with you while you’re in the worst pain imaginable damages a person. I’m not going to sugar-coat it’
@RomanticIsa hates her uterus for what endometriosis did to her - and needed a hysterectomy to be treated https://smutathon.com/2020/07/14/endo-stories-my-uterus-me-hate-story/
@RomanticIsa hates her uterus for what endometriosis did to her - and needed a hysterectomy to be treated https://smutathon.com/2020/07/14/endo-stories-my-uterus-me-hate-story/
‘Because there’s no way to test for pain, there’s no way of proving it; so it’s always easier...to assume it’s simply not there’
Endometriosis runs in @jayne_renault’s family and yet their pain is still not believed. Which is just horrendous! https://smutathon.com/2020/07/21/endo-stories-sharing-the-pain/
Endometriosis runs in @jayne_renault’s family and yet their pain is still not believed. Which is just horrendous! https://smutathon.com/2020/07/21/endo-stories-sharing-the-pain/
‘There are still days when a flare will hit me out of nowhere and I feel the burning of my endo. My back, legs and stomach feel like they are on fire’
@KinkyKittenKim’s endometriosis affected her whole life - including her fertility. It’s all encompassing https://smutathon.com/2020/08/11/endo-stories-so-i-have-endo/
@KinkyKittenKim’s endometriosis affected her whole life - including her fertility. It’s all encompassing https://smutathon.com/2020/08/11/endo-stories-so-i-have-endo/
‘My step mum then told me that they had found no issue with my appendix and it was perfectly fine. Well of course they hadn’t!’
@HanlyJessica had SURGERY for NO REASON as doctors couldn’t diagnose endometriosis properly! https://smutathon.com/2020/08/18/endo-stories-supercalifragilistic-endometriosis/
@HanlyJessica had SURGERY for NO REASON as doctors couldn’t diagnose endometriosis properly! https://smutathon.com/2020/08/18/endo-stories-supercalifragilistic-endometriosis/
‘I will never forgive her for her lack of empathy, for her lack of caring, and for her attitude towards me’
And finally @KandlesbyKitten’s pain and anger is palpable. Read her story. https://smutathon.com/2020/09/02/endo-stories-i-do-not-forgive/
And finally @KandlesbyKitten’s pain and anger is palpable. Read her story. https://smutathon.com/2020/09/02/endo-stories-i-do-not-forgive/
I’m going to end this thread by sharing the donation link again. @EndometriosisUK do such valuable work to help people with endometriosis. They educate and campaign and fight
I am so grateful for everyone who has donated to help us help them! Thank you
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Smutathon-2020
I am so grateful for everyone who has donated to help us help them! Thank you
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Smutathon-2020
