Alice L • Derbyshire, England • 18
I was 11 and I’d just finished school for February half term. I was so excited as I was going on holiday the next day. I got home and went to the toilet to find my pants covered in this dark red blood! I knew what it was and I called my mum to the bathroom. She helped me clean up and ran me a bath. I was traumatised by all the blood coming out of me. I thought the bath water was going to turn red!
The following morning I was flying to Tenerife. I’d been up all night in agony with cramps. I kept thinking, why now?! Why does it have to ruin my holiday?! I was petrified of wearing a swimsuit. That whole holiday, I didn’t go in the pool or the sea. Little did I know, that period would be one of many to come. Fast forward 6 years and I was diagnosed with stage 3 Endometriosis!
