Jessica’s sobriety story is like a lot of other sobriety stories you’ve heard. She put in the work and did what she had to do to stop doing the thing that was going to kill her. At the same time, Jessica’s sobriety story is also different, because hers is complicated by the debilitating pain of an incurable reproductive disease that nobody understands.

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Additional references:

Women and pain: Disparities in experience and treatment

Recurrence of endometriosis after hysterectomy

For women of color, the 'healthcare gap' is real and deadly

Lena Dunham on Her Decision to Have a Hysterectomy at 31

Other resources:

Endometriosis Foundation of America

Nancy's Nook

MN Endo Warriors

Dr. Eric Heegaard is an endometriosis specialist in Minnesota, co-host of The Endocast and on faculty at Hennepin Healthcare.

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