Medically reviewed by Debra Rose Wilson, Ph.D., MSN, R.N., IBCLC, AHN-BC, CHT

Dear Friend,

I was 26 years old the first time I experienced endometriosis symptoms. I was driving to work (I’m a nurse) and I felt a really bad pain on the upper right side of my stomach, right under my rib. It was a sharp, stabbing pain. It was the most intense pain I had ever felt; it took my breath away.