Endometriosis can cause debilitating pain, fatigue and heavy periods, making it feel almost impossible to sustain a career or social life.
The only way to formally diagnose it is through invasive surgery, but getting to that stage can take on average eight to 10 years from a patient’s first GP appointment.
And for women like Dee Montague-Coast, 41, that diagnostic delay led to people not believing she was unwell, forcing her to change career.
She left a job in marketing after questions were raised by former colleagues over whether her symptoms were fabricated for extra time off
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