Dear Insiders,
For some time, I believed what I was told.
The scan showed small cysts on my ovaries.
So the diagnosis was PCOS.
Case closed.
Except… my body was telling a very different story.
I nearly fainted — twice.
I was bleeding so heavily that one morning, I woke up in a pool of blood.
That was the moment I knew something wasn’t right, and decided to seek a second opinion.
What my current gynaecologist found shocked me.
The cysts were tiny and insignificant.
What hadn’t been checked at all was my uterus.
My uterine lining was dangerously thick. My body was desperately trying to get rid of it — which explained the bleeding, the faintness, and the fear. I underwent an emergency D&C shortly after.
That experience changed how I see women’s healthcare forever.
This week, I wrote a deeply personal but also very necessary blog post about why one diagnosis is often not enough — and why so many women with endometriosis, PCOS and adenomyosis fall through the cracks.
👉 Read the full article here:
Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, PCOS: Why You Might Have More Than One — And Why One Diagnosis Is Often Not Enough
In the post, I share:
how PCOS was diagnosed first — and why it didn’t explain everything
why endometriosis, PCOS and adenomyosis often coexist
how a friend of mine lives with both endometriosis and adenomyosis
why inflammation is the common thread doctors don’t always emphasise
why diet, stress and lifestyle changes became part of my medical care
and why “normal” blood tests don’t always mean your body is functioning normally
I also talk honestly about the lifestyle shifts I made early on — eating more anti-inflammatory foods, increasing antioxidants, reducing soy to avoid extra phytoestrogens, and learning to manage stress through yoga and self-awareness. Not as a cure, but as support. Because inflammation and stress don’t just affect pain — they affect how our hormones communicate.
If you’ve ever been told:
“Your scans look fine”
“It’s just bad periods”
“Your hormones are normal”
or felt that your diagnosis didn’t fully explain what your body was going through
Please know this: you’re not imagining it.
Women can have more than one gynaecological condition at the same time.
Heavy bleeding is not normal.
Near-fainting is not normal.
And one scan is never the full picture.
If this newsletter resonates, I hope you’ll read the full article — and more importantly, advocate for yourself if something doesn’t feel right.
Your body isn’t overreacting.
It’s communicating.
It’s a wrap
Curves, Clarity, Confidence
“Your worth was never tied to a number. Not on a label, not on a scale.”
Until next time,
Serving weighty thoughts with a side of sass.