Reader’s Choice : Endometriosis as a Disability

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Many patients with Endometriosis either cannot work or miss several days of work each month due to their pain.  Others miss work due to the side effects of their treatments or medications.  Others because of surgeries and recovery time.  It’s can be a massive economic loss, and many women are reprimanded or fired by their employers due to the lost time.

What protection do we have as Endometriosis sufferers?  What can we do? Aren’t there disability laws for stuff like this?

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