Imagine you’re a woman in your 30s. Your second child has just started going to school, you’re beginning to find your old self back, planning your career ahead, applying for jobs, giving interviews when you start to realize that your periods have gotten worse over the last few months. More painful. Heavier bleeding. Sharper mood swings. You think it’s just age—that’s what everyone tells you. Mid-30s can be difficult. But then slowly, you start experiencing painful sex. Relationships strain. Words like fibroids, adenomyosis, and endometriosis enter your vocabulary. You cycle through denial, anger, bargaining, and eventually depression. Seven years pass before you finally get the right diagnosis: deep infiltrating endometriosis with colorectal involvement. This is Juhi’s story (name changed)—a journey through misdiagnosis, medical management that didn’t work, and finally, comprehensive surgery that gave her life back. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. And more importantly, there is hope. Because the right diagnosis and treatment can restore what endometriosis has taken away. Read more