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    BODY TALK

    Mar 03, 2022 5 minutes

    March is Endometriosis Action Month. Endometriosis UK, the country’s largest charity supporting those affected by endometriosis, is asking people to take action to end the silence associated with endometriosis, and end the pain that it causes. Find out more how to get involved in these actions at Endometriosis-UK.org, or follow Endometriosis UK on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.

    Please visit: www.endometriosis-uk.org

    DON’T SUFFER IN SILENCE

    Britteny Gibson, 31, from Glasgow, doesn’t want anyone else to go through what she has.

    Sitting in class, a sharp pain shot across my belly.

    As I moved on my seat, I noticed it was covered in blood.

    11-years-old, I was mortified.

    I was so young and confused, but over the next few years, my friends started having their periods, too.

    Only, by the time I was 16, I was having awful

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