**UPDATE: 2/4/16 : Please read My Two Cents for my research results**

Time to get a bit personal with you…

I was molested by my grandfather for years as a young child.  My parents divorced when I was six.  I told my Mum when I was 8 and she literally uprooted our small family and moved us out of state, which caused a huge rift between my father’s side of the family and our family.  And I love her deeply for that.  I always will.

Last year Mum mentioned reading (or hearing about) a possible connection between childhood sexual abuse and Endometriosis.  I rolled my eyes, stated I didn’t want to give that man any additional power over my life, didn’t want to blame him for my disease, and dismissed it as crazy-talk. (I’m sorry, Mom…I know you’re reading this…).

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