Kiwi Olympic skier Anja Barugh was only 11 when she first started to experience crippling abdominal and back pain that would often cause her to run out of the classroom to vomit.
She thought it was a normal adjustment to having periods. But for more than a decade, the athlete secretly battled an insidious enemy within her own body every month, which at times made her question if it was just “all in her head”.
After being diagnosed with endometriosis in April 2022 – mere monthsto inspire other young women with it.
