Today we produced a flyer which may be distributed around local schools and businesses. If you’d like to help pass these around, please let me know and I can email you a .pdf version. It’s a standard 8.5×11″ paper size.
Our Endo Walk is comin’ up!
Author: Bloomin' Uterus
Share Your Story : EMS
EMS lives in New Zealand and was diagnosed with Endometriosis this year – at age 34. This year she exhibited signs of a stroke, dizziness, trouble breathing, all around her period – she fought for a proper diagnosis, and had to fight hard. Stage IV Endometriosis. Not stress. Not anxiety. Not a stroke…Endo.
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Happy New Year!
As always, it’s fun for me to look back and see the numbers of previous year, see what the most popular topic was, and which countries have been viewing the blog the most, and what searches led people to Bloomin’ Uterus. If you’re interested, here’s a recap!
In 2016, we had 100,944 views! Compare that to 2015 (29,334 views) and 2014 (1,1012 views). That’s absolutely mind-boggling to me!
Keep it up! The more awareness we spread, the more community we create, the more we learn, and the more we fight for self-advocacy: the better! We are a strong community of Warriors and Sisters. Thank you!!
The Top 5 viewed entries were:
1. Endometriosis & The Lungs with 12,316 views
2. What is Endo? with 11,187 views
3. Our main site, bloominuterus.com, with 9,101 views
4. Endometriosis & The Brain with 4,256 views
5. Endometriosis & Leg Pain/Sciatica with 3,341 views
The Top 5 countries with the most views were:
United States with 56,651 views
United Kingdom with 12,805 views
Canada with 5,204 views
Australia with 4,524 views
Guyana with 2,336 views
I’m hoping to continue to reach all throughout the world and continue to help search for resources, support groups, and surgeons in all areas. This truly is a global problem. Feel left out ’cause I didn’t mention your country? Oh trust me, there’s plenty of them! Find yourself on this map:
And the Top 5 searches which led people to the site:
1. “the skin” had 23 searches
2. “what is endo” had 15 searches
3. “symptoms of endometriosis in brain” had 13 searches
4. “endometriosis in the lungs” and “endometriosis in brain” tied with 12 searches
5. “wurn technique” and “endometriosis in lungs” tied with 11 searches
Thank you for your visits, your comments, your stories, your emails, your words of wisdom, and your support. We are definitely not alone in all of this. And if there’s ever a topic or question you’d like to address, please reach out to me. You can email me.
On with 2017!
Feel Good Fridays!
Well, I’ve been sitting back and having a restful week. Spent a few days at a family cabin with no internet or TV, just reading by the fire. It’s been glorious!
So tomorrow marks the end of 2016. I thought it only fitting to share Melody Beattie‘s words:
“Make New Year’s goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you’re interested in fully living life in the year to come.
Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level. Goals give our life direction.
What would you like to have happen in your life this year? What would you like to do, to accomplish? What good would you like to attract into your life? What particular areas of growth would you like to have happen to you? What blocks, or character defects, would you like to have removed?
What would you like to attain? Little things and big things? Where would you like to go? What would you like to have happen in friendship and love? What would you like to have happen in your family life?
What problems would you like to see solved? What decisions would you like to make? What would you like to happen in your career?
Write it down. Take a piece of paper, a few hours of your time, and write it all down – as an affirmation of you, your life, and your ability to choose. Then let it go.
The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.”
Have a glorious New Year!!
Feel Good Fridays!
It’s Friday! Made it through another week; this one may have been filled with rushing around to get ready for Christmas (if you celebrate) or packing for holiday travels. *whew* breathe…
Anthony J. D’Angelo imparts a bit of wisdom on us today:
“The greatest gift you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention.”
Something we may often forget as we strive to please others. Slow down, take a moment, pamper yourself. Whether it be with physical gifts, quality time, relaxation, a good book, a soak in the tub, a fancy meal, a haircut, or even just a moment to breathe – just try to do something nice for yourself this season.
You’re important, too. Very.
Happy holidays! Merry Christmas!!!!!
Yours, Lisa
Kenya: Endometriosis Care & Support
I’ve had the pleasure of talking with a new EndoSister who lives in Kenya. She had all kinds of questions and I would like to find her some information about Endometriosis care in or around Kenya, as well as connect her with any local EndoSisters for support. So let the research begin!
For those of you who may not know, Kenya is a small country (about twice the size of the state of Nevada) and is located in East Africa, bordering the India Ocean. Approximately 47 million people live in Kenya.
Continue readingFree Endometriosis Webinar!
On Wednesday, January 18, 2017, at 7:00pm PST the Riverside Medical Clinic Charitable Foundation’s Endometriosis Family Support Group will be hosting a webinar with Aubree Deimler, author of From Pain to Peace with Endo: Lessons Learned on the Road to Healing Endometriosis. If you haven’t read Aubree’s book, I recommend it. You can purchase copies online.
If you are interested in attending the webinar, please register by email with Erin Lang to sign up. Don’t have e-email? Call her at (951) 321-6514. Registration is free and mandatory – and is the only way you’ll get the instructions for logging into the webinar.
Feel Good Fridays!
Happy Friday!!! I hope today you’re well rested and not swamped with Holiday Madness!
Fawn Germer wrote,
“Stop what you are doing. Go outside and breathe. The world will not end if you take ten minutes for yourself.”
I’d love it if you were actually able to do this today. Take that breath and those few minutes to yourself. Find beauty in the small things around you. Embrace the scent and the chill of the air. Find something that makes you smile. Refocus. It’s okay to do it. Every day. ❤
Have a wonderful weekend!
Yours, Lisa
Nostrils are for breathing
My Mum often sends me neat tips and tricks that may help with my Endometriosis, or overall health. She knows how excited I was to learn and practice mindful diaphragmatic breathing in November and forwarded me something I may want to try to add onto the benefits of breathing.
Have you heard of alternatively breathing through your nostrils? This was a new one for me. And it’s said to bring a bit of peace of mind. Seeing as how much diaphragmatic breathing has helped with my focus, my stress, those GRRRRR-I’m-So-Worked-Up moments, and my pain, I look forward to incorporating a bit of this nostril breathing into my daily routine.
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