Reflections on ‘Chronically Creative’, a collaborative project between Cysters and Juice Magazine, South Asian collective and Magazine

Reflections on ‘Chronically Creative’, a collaborative project between Cysters and Juice Magazine, South Asian collective ...
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5 Inspiring Celebrities Dealing with Chronic Illness

Credit: Michael J. Fox speaking at Lotusphere in 2012 licensed under CC BY 2.0 “Taking ...
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Research needs you – Anal Incontinence

Over one in five women cannot reach a toilet in time or lose control of ...
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/ / anal, anal incontinence, child birth, child birth injury, chronic illness, chronic pain, menopause, mental health, News & Media, reproductive health, womens health

HFEA figures show Black patients are less likely to have successful IVF treatment

Fertility regulator calls on Black patients to help shape future UK treatment HFEA figures show ...
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None of Us Are Visible Until We All Are

By Nikita Chadha Well, it’s been one hell of a week—a real rollercoaster. Last week, ...
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Would you like to take part in a study about experiences of urogynaecological conditions, to develop a new web resource for patients and healthcare professionals?

Urogynaecology is a subspecialty of gynaecology that evaluates and treats conditions of the female pelvic ...
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Mum’s Not The Word – by Aisha Balesaria

Mum's Not The Word by Aisha Balesaria (she/her) Infertility is Much More Than the Diagnosis ...
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/ / childless not by choice, chronic illness, coaching, endometriosis, growth, healing, infertility, IVF journey, News & Media, self awareness, woc, women periods, womens health

Navigating reproductive health issues as a lesbian couple

By Kiran Chalke and Hayle Davies As a lesbian couple with a whole list of ...
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/ / bias, chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, gp, hetrosexual, ivf, lesbian, lgbtq, lived experience, mental health, News & Media, pcos, period, periods, queer, reproductive health, women periods, womens health

Let Cysters Discover- Changing Narrative

I am Nirali Jain, I am currently purs​​​​uing my M.A in Service Design from the ...
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Transgender Men’s Experience of Living with Endometriosis – Study

- Cheryl Eder One in ten people have endometriosis, a disease that is painful and ...
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/ / chronic pain, endometrosis, inclusion, mental health, News & Media, pcos, period, periods, reproductive health, together, transgender trans inclusive, women periods, womens health

Is the Cysterhood a safe space? by June-Ann Joseph

Is the Cysterhood a Safe Space? by June-Ann Joseph (she/her) *The Cysterhood referenced throughout this ...
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/ / anxiety, blackbrokeandanxiouspodcast, chronicillness, community, cultural food, cysterhood, cysters, depression, mental health, News & Media, pain, pcos, pcos support, periods, poc, podcast, reproductive health, symptoms, womens health

Ever wondered why your healthcare provider presses on your belly during your physical examination?

Dr Sneha Battin Your abdomen is home to a lot of vital organs: the stomach, ...
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My Life with Vaginismus

By Lorna Meehan My Hypnotherapist explained it to me like this: When your body says ...
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/ / chronic illness, chronic pain, endometrosis, fear, help, mental health, News & Media, pcos, period, periods, reproductive health, sex, sex education, sexual health, shame, trauma, Vaginismus, women periods, womens health

I fought for my womb

By - Sunita Thind As far back as I can recall, I have always known ...
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/ / cancer, doctor, gynaecologist, hysterectomy, menstrual health, News & Media, ovarian cancer, womb

100 Chronic Illness Advocates – The Power List

In light of recent events and in response to existing in a majority-led space, Cysters ...
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The Future Doesn’t Look so Bright – 16 White People Is Not a Celebration of Diversity

The Future Doesn’t Look so Bright - 16 White People Is Not a Celebration of ...
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Periods during the Pandemic

OVER ONE MILLION GIRLS IN THE UK STRUGGLED TO AFFORD OR ACCESS PERIOD PRODUCTS DURING ...
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I’m Not Listening – Things to Remember When You’re Being Racially Gaslighted (Thank You, UK Government)

By Nikita Aashi Chadha I can’t say that the report on racial disparity in the ...
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From Meghan Markle to endometriosis… We don’t believe women.

March 19, 2021 Dr. Annalise Weckesser, Senior Research Fellow, HELS March is endometriosis (endo) awareness ...
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UK’s ‘silent’ PCOS sufferers: 49% first uncover diagnosis when trying to conceive

A recent study reveals that polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) - one of the most common ...
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/ / fertility, journey, News & Media, pcos, pcos awareness
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Is this a safe space?

I’ve been in a lot of places where my presence surprises people. Governmental think tank ...
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The Double-Edged Sword of Pain VS Pleasure

The Double-Edged Sword of Pain VS Pleasure What Having Sex is Like with Endometriosis and ...
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/ / adenomyosis, advice, chronic illness, chronic pain, endometriosis, News & Media, pain during sex, painful sex

There Is Nothing Superficial About Endometriosis

There Is Nothing Superficial About Endometriosis Nikita Aashi Chadha I have stage one Endometriosis. When ...
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/ / adenomyosis, advocacy, endometriosis, medical gaslighting, News & Media, share your story, stage one endometriosis, superficial endometriosis

“Menopause matters, not just on World Menopause Day, but every day!”

Supporting Women’s Health and Wellbeing at Work will Help Everyone to (See Her) Thrive Last ...
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We need you! Become a Trustee and shape Cysters.

Cysters is a small but growing voluntary organisation, with highly ambitious plans for future expansion ...
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Being a Black Woman Experiencing Surgical Menopause

By: Amelia I. Benson I’m sure you know the phrase ‘Representation Matters’, this term has ...
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/ / News & Media, representation matters black women menopause people of colour women of colour

Be Womb Cancer Aware.

Written by Kaz Molloy On 23rd Dec 2009 I was diagnosed with womb cancer. The ...
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/ / awareness, cancer, endometrosis, News & Media, pcos, peopleofcolour, support, womb, womb cancer

I had labiaplasty at 22 – This is what I want you to know.

What is labiaplasty?.. Perhaps you’ve heard of it by its more common name of the ...
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/ / knowyourvulva, labia, labiaplasty, News & Media, sex, taboo, teenage, vulva

Why I started vlogging my illness…

I have been writing here on Cysters for over three years now... and how time ...
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Self love in isolation

So, Everyone has become a baker during this lockdown, and whilst we LOVE a good ...
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/ / endometrosis, fibroids, have a ricky, News & Media, pcos, representation, sex, sex positive, sex sextoys, sex toys

Stop Gaslighting Women of Colour and the Organisations that Support Us

Stop Gaslighting Women of Colour and the Organisations that Support Us If we have told ...
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Navigating Ramadan with a Chronic Illness

Assalamo-alaikum and hi to you all My name is Diyanah knows as Dee to a ...
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PCOS-er And Proud!

By Ritu Bhathal Remember the time you huddled together with your friends, proudly exclaiming you’d ...
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MENstruation

By Manpreet “Singh is Queer” Virk Society is broken up into binary options like male ...
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/ / gender, inclusivity, men, men bleed too, menstrual health, News & Media, non binary, non binaryt, sex

Not everyone is stock piling!

Not everyone is stock piling! As a sufferer of Endometriosis and PCOS, I am sick ...
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/ / chronic pain, chronicillness, covid-19, HEAVY BLEEDING, News & Media, period, periods, stockpiling

Surviving Mothers Day

For some of us, Mother’s Day is hard. For me there is constant reminder of ...
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/ / baby loss, mothers day, pcos, pcos southasian, pcosproblems, southasian, trigger, Uncategorized

What the COVID19 pandemic means for Period Poverty…

Period Poverty is a long-standing problem in the UK. It's been a cause for work/school ...
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/ / coronavirus, covid19, menstration, News & Media, period poverty, sanitary products

Put yourself first…

Hello everyone - first off, it's great to be back writing for you all again ...
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/ / chronic illness, mental health, News & Media, pcos, physical health, self care

Most Likely to Be Diagnosed, and Most Likely to Be Left out the Spotlight

Most Likely to Be Diagnosed & Most Likely to Be Left out the Spotlight Hiding ...
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/ / diagnosis, endo what, endometrosis, gender bias, News & Media, peopleofcolour, women of colour

Millennial Women: Transitioning into high gear

By Sneha Battin In a life filled with meaningfulness and accomplishments, there have been some ...
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/ / ceo, News & Media, opportunities, women, women in business

This Is A Man’s World

It’s been just over a hundred years since women gained the right to vote and ...
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/ / assumption, biology, charity, chronic pain, female, gender bias, man, misogyny, News & Media, sex, women of colour

Recommended Reads for 2020 – Books That Will Challenge How You See The World

Recommended Reads for 2020 - Books That Will Challenge How You See The World Nikita ...
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#KnowYourVulva

Clare Baumhauer "There was no awareness campaign for Lichen Sclerosus or Vulval cancer so we ...
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/ / awareness, campaign, knowyourvulva, lichensclerosus, ls, News & Media, problemperiods, vulva, vulvacancer, women periods, womens health

Major research project aims to improve treatment for those with polycystic ovary syndrome

A major £2.4 million research project is underway at the University of Birmingham aimed at ...
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/ / fertility, infertlity, News & Media, pcos, pcos southasian, pcosproblems, research

What is endometriosis?

By Odelia Thomas (Instagram @she.is.lotus) After sharing my journey with endometriosis, I have had questions ...
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/ / endo, endometrosis, News & Media, period, women periods, womenofcolour, womens health

PAINFUL HYSTEROSCOPY?

CYSTERS - if you’ve had a painful hysteroscopy – recently or in the past - ...
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/ / chronic illness, chronic pain, health, hysteroscopy, News & Media, pain, reproductive health

White Saviourism – Why would I ask you to save me, when you can’t even save yourselves?

I’m sure you’ve all heard of the term white saviourism, but not all of you ...
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/ / ethnic minority, health, help, menstrual health, News & Media, partnership, third world countries, white saviourism, womens health

10 things I wish I could tell work about my chronic illness…

Talking about being chronically ill can be extremely difficult because even though you are ill, ...
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PCOS doesn’t hurt…

**Disclaimer: This post is intended as sarcasm and in no way is intentionally bringing down ...
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“Will I survive or do I have just a few days to live?”

Dafina Malovska’s Story Everyone has a story, and this is mine. My name is Dafina ...
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/ / cancer, gynaecologist, letstalk, News & Media, period, periods, reproductive health

Endo – what?!

From the time I started having my periods at age 11, I do not remember ...
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/ / confidence, contraceptive injection, endo, endo what, endometriosis, endometrosis, health, medical, mental health, News & Media, sisterhood, women, womenhood, womens health

The Love Your Period Campaign: Behind the Scenes

The Love Your Period Campaign: Behind the Scenes The ‘Love Your Period’ Campaign was set ...
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PCOS: Only a Reproductive Disorder?

Elizabeth Schneider, MS If you’re like me and ever curious about your body and its ...
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/ / binge, food, insulin resistance, News & Media, pcos, pcosproblems, period, periods, plasticfreeperiod, pregnancy, reproductive health, womanhood, womb, women periods, womens health

Period Shaming

By Sheila Harrington Jane Garvey, one of Women’s Hour’s presenters, recently sent a pre-show tweet ...
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Embracing your health with pelvic floor exercises

Written by Sneha Battin The secret to a better you, comes with understanding your own ...
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Go Red!

IT’S HERE! September is Gynae Cancer Awareness Month, and for the second year running the ...
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Male Mental Illness & Fights Against Patriarchies

Male Mental Illness & Fights Against Patriarchies* Shuranjeet Singh *This article acknowledges the breadth of ...
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Let’s talk about sexual consent…

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, women and men are more willing to break ...
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/ / consent, marriage, News & Media, rape, sex, sexual health, violence, women periods, womens health

Youth Activism – Making a difference

Cysters are really lucky to have some amazing youth activists, breaking barriers around reproductive and ...
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Reproducing weight stigma at the Gynaecologist’s office.

Weight Stigma is defined as bias of discrimination towards individuals who are perceived by others ...
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/ / cancer, clots, endometrosis, fibroids, gynaecologist, News & Media, pco, pcos, period, periodpoverty, stigma, weight