I’M NOT OVARY-ACTING
LIVING AND DEALING WITH MY CHRONIC ILLNESS: ENDOMETRIOSIS You're not well, again?! Those words sometimes hurt more than my disease itself, which by the way is saying something considering every day my body fights itself until something gives up. Yes I'm ill again, and I never stop being ill - that's exactly what it means to be chronically sick. Of course I have days where I won't mention it because the thought of being a burden tears me up from the inside but I promise that every day, even with a smile on my face, I'm still hurting. The pain is paralysing; as a matter of fact, very few see the real side effects of my illness. Not many have seen the times where I am screaming into a pillow, doubled over in pain, counting down the minutes that feel like hours until the pain passes. The problem is, this isn’t always in the comfort of my own bed. It’s the times where I’ve told you I’m going to use the restaurant bathroom before our food c...