A recent study revealed that only 2-3% of Australian women self-report endometriosis whereas the true figure is believed to be in excess of one in ten women being impacted. The average time lapse between experiencing symptoms to diagnosis is approximately ten years during which symptoms such as profound pain, increased infertility risk and reduced quality of life is accepted and even normalised. The gold standard method of diagnosis, a laparoscopy of the pelvis, is typically quite invasive and costly. Read here for a very personal account of how ignoring niggly symptoms delayed healing and allowed an energetic woman’s health to decline over time.