Secret Enemy

Dear Endometriosis,

You’ve ruined my life in every way possible but kept yourself secret for 10 years pretending to be many other things. You’ve embarrassed me in front of my peers by staining the chair with blood through both a tampon and pad at courses. Ruined my reputation at work by forcing me to call in sick way too many times due to period pains and nausea. Put immense stress on me by making sure I can’t attend my classes at uni thanks to fatigue and pelvic pain. Destroyed many friendships and my social life by making me feel horribly unwell and forcing me to stay home. Dangled the possibility of an addiction to opiates by making them the only thing that helps with pain. From the bottom of my heart, f*ck you.

Anonymous, Australia