Doctors said I was too young to have endometriosis at 13 - I had to take morphine to cope

Grace was 13 years old when she began experiencing severe pelvic pain that required morphine to manage. Doctors initially dismissed her symptoms as too severe for her age group, according to her account. Endometriosis, a condition in which tissue similar to the uterine lining grows outside the uterus, typically affects people of reproductive age and can cause chronic pain. Grace has stated she wants to raise awareness about endometriosis symptoms in younger patients to prevent similar delays in diagnosis and treatment.

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