Caitlin - My Life On A Blog

New Year, New Me? Everyone always goes on about New Year, New Me but how many of them actually stick to their New Years resolutions realistically? Probably not many. My New Year, New Me resolutions (you may want to call them that) has been built up over months of thought, processing and progressing as a human. My resolutions for 2019 aren't some rubbish made up on the day to try to work towards but you all know, you will fail at keeping this up...such as not eating chocolate, going to the gym or not having alcohol but realistically, these fail within the first month, if not the first few days!  I have thought long and hard about what I want to get out of my life and I have thought about the type of person i was and how I can work my way back to that person. The person I miss. This person was happy, full of life and energy, loved going out, loved being surrounded by loads of people and loved helping those in need. This past year, with everything that has gone on, I lost

Endometriosis  I have decided to create a post to talk about my experiences with Endometriosis.  I was diagnosed with Endometriosis in 2012 at the age of 13. I was in and out of hospital, 2 operations later, minus my appendix's but I got my diagnosis that would change my life. This blog post will contain my own experiences plus extra information about symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Enjoy x Firstly, symptoms!! I have include a list of my own personal symptoms but these pretty much cover the majority of symptoms for Endometriosis. extremely painful periods / bleeding / spotting  Unable to have pelvic examinations due to the pain   Cramping in my back, abdomen, pelvis Pain throughout my legs   Nausea   Painful urination (this comes across as UTI but only ever had a handful of them in my life. Even with going to doctors and hospital regarding them being so severe. No sign of infection basically ever! Only had 3-5 in my life but antibiotics every time I went regarding