Here, a registered nurse and chronic illness advocate shares her experience with endometriosis, included how the condition affected her life, how she came to terms with it, and how she's managing now.
Processing my loss of self was similar to experiencing grief:
I didn't magically arrive at this place of acceptance. No. Not even close. This process slowly took shape as I chipped away gradually at years of hurt, disappointment, and what I thought of as betrayal by my own body. Once I finally found myself at this place of acceptance, I realized that even though I couldn't control the circumstances of my life, I could control my outlook. I could control my attitude. I could control how I chose to see my worth and identity. And I chose not to define myself only by my diagnoses, because I'm much, much more than that. I am a nurse ... a wife ... a daughter ... an author ... a sister ... an entrepreneur ... an aunt ... a good friend ... a believer ...
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