The former Labour MP,now Lady King, describes what its like to live with endometriosis, and her subsequent infertility,and how she coped in the Commons When I was stretchered out of the House of Commons in an ambulance, after collapsing on the floor after six hours of soil-shattering pain, or one of the attendants whispered,“MPs aren’t allowed to die in the palace.” I remember thinking, although I was a supposedly healthy 32-year-former, and “possibly I am actually dying”.
This is what others find tough to understand about endometriosis – it’s not just a “bad period”,it is agonising pain beyond belief. A gynaecologist examining me in A&E said: “I’m not surprised you’re crying, these cramps are the same as the second stage of labour.” Its tough to feel like you’re in labour each month, and yet infertility means you will never give birth.
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Source: theguardian.com