It took seven years and 11 different doctors before a Queensland woman was finally diagnosed with endometriosis - and found out it wasn't just in her head.
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, which aims to raise the profile of a debilitating disease that affects one in nine Australian women. Canberra artist Melissa Hammond photographed local woman Kristy Stephenson, who lives with Stage IV Endometriosis – the most advanced stage.
Tomorrow, St John Paul II College in Nicholls will be the first ACT school to ensure male students receive a Periods, Pain, and Endometriosis Program, or ‘PPEP Talk®’.
