World Menopause Day 2026 – Chronic Pain in Midlife
Menopause Is Not the End of Endometriosis Pain For years, many people living with endometriosis are told the same thing: "It will all settle down after the menopause." For some, symptoms do ease. For others, pain carries on, changes shape, or appears for the first time in midlife. [...]
Black History Month 2026: Being Believed Is Part of Care
Jodie Hughes, Endometriosis South Coast | October 2026 October is Black History Month in the UK, and the 2026 theme, Honouring Our Communities, invites us to recognise the people whose everyday contributions shape, support and sustain Black life across the country (Black History Month UK, 2026). For people living [...]
What a Scan Report Says Matters: Notes From the South West Imaging Training Academy Endometriosis and Adenomyosis Day
Dr Jodie Hughes, Founder, Endometriosis South Coast · October 2026 I was invited to join the NHS South West Imaging Training Academy for its endometriosis and adenomyosis training day, and to speak about the lived experience of endometriosis. It was a room full of sonographers, clinicians and trainers who give [...]
Fact Friday: The Endometriosis-POTS Connection
New research finds that 1 in 6 people with POTS (a dysautonomia condition causing dizziness and a fast heart rate) also have endometriosis, a finding that shows just how whole-body this condition really is. If you live with endometriosis, you've probably had moments where your body throws something new at [...]
Living With an Invisible Illness
The reality of chronic pain with endometriosis and adenomyosis You can be in agonising pain and still look completely fine. That is one of the hardest parts of living with endometriosis or adenomyosis: the gap between how much pain someone is carrying and how little of it shows on [...]
Fact Friday: What Real Patients Say About Dienogest for Endometriosis Pain
New real-world research asked 146 endometriosis patients what dienogest actually did for their pain, their quality of life, and their side effects, here's what the study on this common endometriosis treatment found. Happy Fact Friday! Each week we pick one piece of new endometriosis or adenomyosis research and break it [...]
