How Sarah Advocates Started...

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Welcome👋🏼 I'm Sarah Hargreaves

I just recently received my diagnosis of Endometriosis on March 15th of 2021. After 9 long months I finally got my answer to all my underlying health conditions.

After receiving my diagnosis I did some research on Endo, only to be surprised that it takes women 7-8 years to receive a diagnosis. The thought of going through another 5-6 years to get diagnosed and receive treatment, terrifies me.

Women aren’t listened too. It’s a hard pill to swallow but our voices seem to get more quite each day. We are often told, “it’s all in your head”, “see a psychiatrist”, “eat healthier and do more for yourself to get well”. Endometriosis is a lifetime chronic illness and chronic pain condition that can be managed and treated, but will never go away. Endo can be hereditary, and unfortunately my mom, aunt, grandma and great aunt all have Endometriosis.

I made this blog to write for the unheard. My whole life has been filled with experiences. From emotional, sexual, medical and physical trauma, poverty, domestic abuse, and now it's my turn to write about my experiences to connect with the reader (you) to make others more aware about what happens in our world now-a-days. As I enter the 2020/2021 school year, my intentions are to write about miscellaneous topics that are driving this world into the gutter.

I have also decided to make an Instagram page for myself, to see my progress in treatment, to remind myself I am not alone, and to see how much I have truly learned about my chronic illness. I made an Instagram page for others called @hello_endo, to educate others more on Women reproductive systems, Women’s health and to know YOU ARE NOT ALONE EITHER if you have ANY chronic or underlying health conditions.

I hope you enjoy my blog, and all that it entails.

- Sarah