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“Endo you can predict They aren’t even sure of what causes it There are no , so the doctors had no way of knowing that I would have it, much less the impact it would have on my ability to conceive”

“And your doctor, he is certain of the impact it has had on your reproductive capabilities?”

“Yes”

He was silent and she could not stand that silence, so she said, “There are some researchers who estimate it is the cause of up to fifty percent of fe about the eht Cold numbers were only that until applied to a flesh and blood woman whose life was forever altered by the disease

“Obviously many woiven him numbers, but they didn’t matter The fact that millions of other women suffered from it did not alter her circumstances

She was defective and as ed

“When did it start?”

“I’m not sure My doctor said that birth control pills are one of the prescribed therapies It could have started any tie…even before, but I didn’t know because I didn’t think the monthly cramps I had were all that unusual”

“The tests…”

“I told you, there is no test for it that gives a marker Routine fertility tests would only have told us whether e and it wasn’t”

“So, you could have had it all along?”

“Yes, but it doesn’t usually hit until a woman is in her mid-twenties”

“I see”

“Do you?” She wished she did

“How did you discover you were suffering from it now?”

“The pain”

“I am sorry”

“Me, too After I went off the pill, I started bleeding”

“It wasn’t your burden to carry”