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HIDDEN ILLNESS ‘IT’S TAKEN EVERYTHING FROM ME’

Lauren Admon is sick of pleading with doctors to take her pain seriously.

The 25-year-old Sydney woman suffers endometriosis so severely, it leaves her bedridden for days and she’s been unable to work at all for months.

The female reproductive condition affects millions of women around the world, yet it is still disturbingly difficult to even have it diagnosed.

Speaking with New Idea, Lauren says endometriosis has taken everything from her – even her ability

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