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ENDOMETRIOSIS saved my life!

Chani Bokody, 34, Sydney, NSW

Curled up in bed with a heat pack and tummy pain, I knew that something was wrong.

My pain had been put down to IBS, but I was struggling with irregular periods, constant back and leg aches, and painful bowel movements.

I was eventually diagnosed with endometriosis at 18.

I’ve never heard of it, I thought, learning it was where tissue similar to the womb lining grows outside the uterus.

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