Dr Sneha Battin Your abdomen is home to a lot of vital organs: the stomach, the intestines, the colon, liver, spleen, gallbladder, pancreas, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, kidneys, uterus, bladder, and many blood vessels. Clinicians are trained to examine your body with their hands to find the cause of your distress. In women, pressing down Continue Reading
By Lorna Meehan My Hypnotherapist explained it to me like this: When your body says ‘no’ and you ignore it (and don’t beat yourself up about that, life confuses you sometimes), it starts making decisions for you, to protect you from that which it perceives to be threatening. It is hard wired for survival. It’s Continue Reading
The Double-Edged Sword of Pain VS Pleasure What Having Sex is Like with Endometriosis and Adenomyosis by Nikita Aashi Chadha Photo by Dainis Graveris on SexualAlpha” I’ve always been sexual as a person. Sex has been a big part of my life, and even my personality for as long as I can remember. My Continue Reading
Assalamo-alaikum and hi to you all My name is Diyanah knows as Dee to a lot of people. I am a 36-year-old British Pakistani. I suffer with PCOS and other health issues and use my experiences to support others. Fasting with a chronic health condition It has come to that time of the year again Continue Reading
Not everyone is stock piling! As a sufferer of Endometriosis and PCOS, I am sick of people stockpiling. Living with a chronic condition with extremely heavy bleeding, I need access to menstrual products. We’ve seen throughout the years how there is a drive around period poverty, and with products costings from £1.00 to £5.00 you Continue Reading
It’s been just over a hundred years since women gained the right to vote and to enter parliament, back in 1918. But, has anything really changed? On the surface, some would argue that gender equality is on the horizon and the tide is turning. The rest of us, however, are under no illusions regarding the Continue Reading
CYSTERS – if you’ve had a painful hysteroscopy – recently or in the past – this anonymous survey is for YOU. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2XTOe81rEy7zV2ARNPECceYyE–wTtR0mA10XHIxNQVOBrw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR0Fx-7O2Eql_55k0UUb-dPI5MHq8EoOZ4MKHetNIbfgz1b92ZIyfCyYe58 The Campaign Against Painful Hysteroscopy compiled the survey. We’re a community group of several hundred women who’ve all had shockingly painful NHS outpatient gynae experiences. We run a public Facebook page, plus a Continue Reading
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Self Care tips A major component of self care is being aware of the messages your body is communicating. 1. Go easy on yourself It’s that time of year, theres food everywhere and then suddenly there’s a social obligation to become fit and healthy in January. I call it the fresh start effect. But this Continue Reading
Young people who are diagnosed with reproductive health issues are often not taken seriously in regards to their pain and dietary requirements because they aren’t ready to conceive. At Cysters we believe you should have the right to take control of your health and be taken seriously for whatever condition you have. Biologically, women are Continue Reading
