{"id":57710,"date":"2024-03-15T10:51:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T10:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=57710"},"modified":"2024-03-15T10:52:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T10:52:41","slug":"bbc-radio-sheffields-ellie-colton-opens-up-about-endometriosis-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/03\/15\/bbc-radio-sheffields-ellie-colton-opens-up-about-endometriosis-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Radio Sheffield’s Ellie Colton opens up about Endometriosis struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

25-year-old BBC Presenter Ellie Colton has suffered since the age of 11 with endometriosis and has spoken out on how this condition affects her life everyday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month however the condition still remains silenced and belittled despite disrupting the lives of over a million women in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ellie said: \u201cI wish people would believe the pain. You constantly feel like you need to prove how sick you are. Every day I wake up in pain, spend the day in pain, and go to sleep in pain. That’s endometriosis. More specifically, endo is a whole-body disease and every day – not just on your period as people might assume who understand the basics of the condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cEndometriosis needs to have people screaming from the rooftops about the symptoms. I am the only person in my workplace with the condition and I have no issues shouting about it in a room filled with men! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe shouldn’t be embarrassed, all health is important no matter physical, emotional, sexual, or mental.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Endometriosis is ranked by the NHS as 1 of the top 20 most painful conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said:  \u201cThe ‘aftercare’ if you can call it that, by the Endometriosis sector at the hospital is terrible. There is no cure for endo, and there is no support for those that have it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Symptoms include brain fog, severe fatigue pain in the back, legs and severe period pain that people often liken to pregnancy contractions, not to mention bimonthly flare-ups that Ellie describes as \u201cEndometriosis on steroids\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about advice for young girls being newly diagnosed, Ellie said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cDo not be gaslighted by people who think Endometriosis is just a bad period, you know your own pain. I would follow every page on social media connected to Endometriosis and find new friends through the community. Everyone who has it is very supportive of one another.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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