Endometriosis is a medical condition that presents itself on a birth system of a woman between the age of 15 years to 49 years.
The feminine condition is often regarded as a painful disorder in which tissue that normally lines the inside of a woman’s uterus which is known as the endometrium, abnormally grows outside the uterus.
Endometriosis most commonly affects the ovaries, fallopian tubes and the tissue lining your pelvis.
The most common kind of such signs include pains in periods and irregular menstrual circles
Other common symptoms are –
- Pain in the lower abdomen, lower back, pelvis, rectum, or vagina
- Pain also can occur during sexual intercourse or while defecating
- There are also signs of abnormal menstruation, heavy menstruation, irregular menstruation, painful menstruation, or spotting
- Gastrointestinal problems such as constipation or nausea
- Abdominal fullness or cramping
- Infertility can also occur with such a condition
The condition can be contained through careful surgery or hormones control
1.Janet Mbugua sad story with periods
Former Citizen TV, once revealed that she struggled giving birth of her first born, her second born was neither a different who similarly was delivered through the C-section
Despite the delivery issues she also revealed that she struggled to conceive her first and even second born.
As if that double pain was not enough, here she is strong enough to reveal that she has been fighting a rare condition.
Endometriosis forced her to use birth control measures so as to feel less pain during her monthly menstrual circles.
Above all that, she remains among the strongest women, to fight on till the end. Inspiring many is not all.
2.Jahmby Koikai
Her story reads like that of Janet Mbugua, however hers is more of a life threatening issue than the latter.
In USA’s Atlanta based in Georgia, she has gone through the knife surgery more than 10 times, taken through life sucking therapies but manages to put up a smile as she edges close to declare the war against Endometriosis a done and dusted case.
Her problems started about three years ago, all from period pains before it became a serious issue of where she will end up putting her life on the edge of death.
3.Elsie Wandera Odhiambo
Despite being the founder of Endometriosis Foundation of Kenya , she is also a victim and a warrior of the painful condition touching on the key fertility system of women.
At the age 0f jus 26 years, instead of being told that what she was suffering from was the dreaded Endometriosis, her doctor told her that her uterus was growing inside out. A statement she jokingly laughed at not knowing it will a lifetime heartless battle
4.Esther Kimemia
Her struggle with the rare condition began at a time when she was a teen girl.
On her first menarche (the first occurrence of menstruation in girls) pointed that it was not all well.
When she was joining campus, it became so severe for the 27 year old that she could not handle the periods with ease. She could miss classes, limp sometimes and get fungi infection despite being sexually inactive
“Pain is the body’s way of crying out for help. Painful periods are not normal. You are your greatest advocate. Do not let anyone convince you that painful periods are normal. Take time to understand what a normal period is and then seek medical advice when you experience symptoms that deviate from the list,” says Kimemia
5.Ciru Muriuki
It is so shocking that Jamby and Ciru were co-hosts on NTV’s trend show the Trend.
Only for the two, to sadly end up suffering from the menace of period pains.
The today’s BBC journalist about 2 years ago in 2017, went through the same pain and leaves to tell the story of success and courage towards empowering other women around her neck
6.Caroline Wangari Verkaik
Caroline is a celeb whose success and fame speak well on its self.
She was the former Mrs. Kenya World title and a third runner up in the Mrs. World pageant. And in 2018 she won the Mrs. Pennsylvania title where she is based in America.
Behind her beautiful story as a woman looking for glory in life, there is a black shadow of endometriosis glaring inside her face like granite face of death.
Unknown to many, I had all along been wearing a brave face, while fighting endometriosis – a condition in which the tissue that lines the inside of a uterus grows outside the uterus. I had been suffering severe periods that would last for weeks.
Every cycle would always leave me so short of blood that there were times I’d come down with anaemia.
It called a surgery, which got worse but at least, restored her beauty and dignity as a woman
I was transferred and admitted at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Pennsylvania, where scans showed that I had accumulated a lot of fluids after my surgery. The fluids would be ejected and in a few weeks, they would accumulate again. This back and forth lasted until November 2008, when my obstetrician, Dr. Chester Smith, told us that ultrasound scans had showed that my uterus had so many scars resulting from my first surgery that no doctor wanted to get in there and correct them.
