List of the most popular hashtags for theme #ENDOWARRIOR

Self Love “Not going to lie. I was shaking. Me. Stripping down the shorts and feeling just absolutely vulnerable. ⁣ ⁣ To give you a little understanding of where I was standing, I was facing the water, pools behind me, and a resort with balconies all facing me. ⁣ ⁣ Dear goodness this was a test. ⁣ ⁣ I felt weird. I felt like I was a blob in pink. I felt like the sun hitting me was going to cast shadows in all the wrong places. Ugh. Why do I do this? ⁣ We snapped the pics and moved on. I couldn’t bear to really look at them until later. And then, was completely taken aback. ⁣ ⁣ I’m sorry, WHAT DID I THINK WAS WRONG WITH ME AGAIN? Because all I see is strong and confident and fierce. The sun was casting shadows in all the RIGHT places. ⁣ ⁣ Magnificent. ⁣ ⁣ This suit was hugging my curves, not hiding them. Despite all my fears, I did it.” ⁣ ⁣ @thebirdspapaya

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Endo Symptoms ⚡️ . I absolutely love this gorgeous illustration by @endohealthhub There are so many difficult symptoms of endometriosis and I know even for myself some symptoms seem totally unrelated until you research and see there is a connection to endo. . Fatigue is the biggest one for me, and I am still working on new ways to combat this. Is there a symptom you had that you thought was unrelated and now you’ve found out it may be related to Endometriosis? Let me know . Gorgeous artwork by @endohealthhub She is raising money for endometriosis research, so check out her page if you haven’t seen her artwork already

Be kind, always . So Endometriosis Awareness Month is over, you might remember that I set you a little challenge at the start of the month to share a little more with those around so they can start to understand your symptoms a bit better. It’s so hard to be vulnerable, but I think it’s harder to live with an invisible illness. I think sharing could be a way to help lift that burden, even if it’s only just a bit. . How did you go? Were you able to share about what you’re going through? Were you met with understanding, or did you have your pain denied? If you feel like sharing let me know below . Gorgeous picture by @thatendogoddess

TRUTH . What is your most common invisible illness symptom? Comment below an lets open the conversation up. . I think one of the hardest parts of endometriosis, PCOS, pelvic pain and chronic disease in general is how invisible these illnesses are. Don’t get me wrong, side effects like acne, surgery scars, heat pack scars and more definitely show the visible side of these chronic illnesses. What they don’t show is the ongoing fatigue, the chronic pain, digestive issues, and everything else that goes into living and treating these diseases. . Spreading awareness is the key here, it helps to make the invisible visible. I absolutely love this photo by the gorgeous @babes_for_endo it does just that

Today I reached rock bottom. I’m sharing this so that I can hopefully look back in weeks, months or years to come when I do start to feel better and remind myself how far I have come and to never take the good days for granted. Today I resigned from my job because I physically can’t cope with the roles requirements anymore. I have been in chronic, debilitating pain almost daily since October last year. That’s 6+ months of having 28 bad days and 2 ok days (and by ok I mean minimal/mild pain days). Today my pain was sitting at an 8/10 by the time I got into work. It was so bad that I struggled to stand and started vomiting, by the time I got home at 1430, I also had a migraine which was brought on by the pain. I am giving everything I have to try to help myself and I’m just not getting anywhere. I have tried so many medications and other things to help relieve my pain and symptoms over the 8 years that I have had endo & adeno that I have truely lost count. I am beyond exhausted and emotionally and physically drained from being in relentless, debilitating pain. I know things will start to get better, but I have no idea how I am going to actually get to that point or what on earth I’m going to do in the meantime.

#EndoPose | “Infertility” ・・・ Photo and words via @infertilityrollercoaster ・・・ We’re social media official. I didn’t realize how emotional it was going to be. Before I even posted the photo I started crying. Then I posted the photo and cried again. I am so grateful everyday for this life inside of me! • I still kind of can’t believe that I’m pregnant. I don’t know if I’ll believe it until I have a healthy baby girl in my arms. My belly tells me I’m pregnant. Our doctor’s appointments tell me I’m pregnant but it’s still surreal. • I know that all mothers love their children, but I imagine that women who have gone through loss and infertility have a different level of gratitude for their babies. I know I will.

A single pink line. How can a line be full of such pain? Each month when it was time to test was just dreadful, already knowing what it was going to say, instinctively preparing my heart for the disappointment. Taking pregnancy tests while struggling with infertility creates for some of the most anticlimactic moments of your life. Its as if you know you’re supposed to be excited, but the single pink lines from your past haunt you into believing you will never see anything more. How do we come back from that? It wasn’t until I took a break from TTC and I allowed my wounds to heal, that I truly realized the scars that they have left behind. Thinking of the days not far ahead where we’ll begin on part 2 of our journey, I imagine what it will be like to face one of those tests again. I’ll be honest- it isn’t a moment I am excited for. And you know what, I HATE that. I hate that infertility has ROBBED me from the joy of this experience, that I’m terrified to be TOO hopeful because all I have been in the past is let down. So, it’s time to face the scars. I know that opening a door to a new chapter, means that I must close the door to the past. It means that I have to pull these skeletons out of my closet (well, really from under my bathroom sink) and look them straight in the face and BOLDY PROCLAIM that they have NO power over me anymore. That these single pink lines, even though they will always be apart of my story, they have a new meaning today and tomorrow. That I must no longer look at these single pink lines as shackles & defeat, but as opportunities where God can reveal himself. And well, that’s just what I did. I have bags & bags of these silly sticks under my sink. I could throw them out, start fresh and try to completely rid myself of what my past has put me through. But I felt as though my heart will never be able to really escape how the negatives have made me feel. So here I sit, taking CHARGE of my own journey & personally changing these negatives into something positive so I can move on without fear. Reminding myself that my hope lies in a God who is ABLE. And for every step that is ahead, no matter ONE line or TWO- He meets me right where I am.

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