endometriosis has opened up about her struggles in a bid to raise awareness of the condition. Anna Cooper began suffering from extremely painful periods and heavy bleeding when she was 11-years-old but her concerns were initially dismissed.
She was forced to undergo multiple operations in a bid to find out what was causing her excruciating pain and chronic fatigue, Wales Online reports.
An emergency appendix removal surgery finally shed light on the condition when medics discovered endometriosis cells on her organs.Anna, now a mum-of-one, was told to ‘get pregnant or have a hysterectomy’ when she was just 18 before switching to a team of specialists in Liverpool who better understood the condition.Anna, from Wrexham in Wales, now faces.
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