Amber Williams Gets Endometriosis Diagnosis After 15 Years and 2 Organ Removals

1 articles · Updated · thelooker.thedailybeast.com · Aug 14

July laparoscopy finally diagnosed 35-year-old Amber Williams with extensive endometriosis and adenomyosis after 15 years of debilitating pain, with her ovaries fused to her pelvic wall, she said.
A fertility-clinic referral led to the test after years in which doctors reportedly dismissed her symptoms as normal periods, mental-health issues or pain needing only medication.
Two surgeries marked that delay: Williams said her appendix was removed in 2012 and her gallbladder in 2016, but she was later told neither organ had been significantly wrong.
Heavy bleeding, vomiting, collapses and repeated emergency-room visits continued as her condition worsened, and she now fears the long delay in treatment may have damaged her fertility.
Williams said the diagnosis brought validation but also anger over lost years, urging other women with severe symptoms to keep pressing for answers.