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“I was told by doctors, family and elders – pain is part of being a woman.” A Call to Recognise Endometriosis

For years, their pain was invisible. It twisted their bodies, disrupted their lives and was often dismissed as stress, gastritis or simply “normal period pain”. For Dr Ashvinder, a junior doctor in Johor, and Shajeda, a tutor, the journey with endometriosis has been marked by a whirlwind of emotions – misdiagnosis, the struggle to build self-resilience and ultimately, finding hope through it all.