Journey: “Every single person you talk to, they have a different story,” Chloe says. Her pain was accompanied by heavy bleeding, which more often than not came out of nowhere, at times soaking through her clothes. Symptoms include pain, heavy or irregular bleeding, fatigue, nausea and possible infertility, though the list goes on.īeginning at the onset of her period, Chloe endured pain unlike anything she’d felt before. The word debilitating has been uttered time and time again by Chloe, there’s not many others that come close to describing the crippling pain, exhaustion and life lost - perhaps grief would be the closest association.Įndometriosis is characterised by tissue growing outside the uterus, often affecting other organs. “I can put up with the bleeding, it's the pain that's debilitating, I can’t put up with the pain,” she said. She wakes up not knowing whether she’ll manage capturing peoples’ lives through her business, Chloe Jones Photography, or curled in the fetal position, hoping for some form of relief. News Let's Talk | ‘Something no-one should ever go through’: Shepparton woman speaks about suspected drink spikingĮvery day is like entering the lottery for Chloe.
