The Doctor Will See You Now Recognizing and Treating Endometriosis [Hardcover]

Endometriosis materializes when the endometrium  the tissue that lines the inside of the uterus  sheds, but does not exit a womans body during her period. Instead, it grows outside of the uterus, spreading to organs and nerves in and around the pelvic region. The resulting pain is so physically and emotionally insufferable that it can mercilessly dominate a womans life. The average woman with endometriosis is twenty-seven years old before she is diagnosed. It is one of the top three causes of female infertility. The pain it emits can affect a womans career, social life, relationships, sexual activity, sleep, and diet. It is incurable, but highly treatable. Unfortunately, though, it is rarely treated in a timely manner, if at all, because of misdiagnoses and/or a lack of education among those in the medical community.

This book gives hope to everyone connected to endometriosis. That includes every woman and young girl who has it, and the women and men in their lives  the mothers, fathers, husbands, children, and friends  who know something is wrong, but do not know what it is or what to do about it. This book is written at a level that everyone with ties to this disease can relate to and understand, but it is also for doctors with good intentions who lack the knowledge of how to diagnose or treat it.

The Doctor Will See You Nowis for women determined to let the world know their stories so that every woman with this disease  from the thirteen-year-old girl who is being told that her pain is part of becoming a woman to the woman who has been misdiagnosed for decades  knows she is not alone.

Yes, her pain is real.

No, she is not crazy.

Yes, there is hope.

This comprehensive text, as the author hopes, is likely to raise awareness among other physicians and among general readers, particularly women who will now have the knowledge necessary to become powerful self-advocates. Publishers Weekly

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