For The Endo Girls: What NOT To Say To A Woman With Endometriosis by Kelle O’Connell July 7, 2013 Endometriosis is a condition that occurs when the lining of a woman’s uterus grows in places outside of the womb causing chronic pain, internal bleeding, and often infertility. The average time it takes for a woman […]
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What NOT To Say To A Woman With Endometriosis
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Apr
What Does Endometriosis Pain Feel Like?
Posted by steph Published in Chronic Pain, Endometriosis Awareness, FeaturedThanks to endo sister Angela Bivens for sharing the following blog on facebook: For The (Non) Endo Girls : What Does Endometriosis Pain Feel Like? by Kelle O’Connell August 21, 2013 Endometriosis is a condition that occurs when the lining of a woman’s uterus grows in places outside of the womb causing chronic pain, internal […]
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A Breakthrough In A Disease That No One Likes To Talk About
Posted by steph Published in Biology, Endometriosis Awareness, News article, ResearchA Breakthrough In A Disease That No One Likes To Talk About FEBRUARY 18, 2014 POSTED BY AMANDA SCHAFFER Over the years, Linda Griffith, a biological engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has undergone nine surgeries for endometriosis. In women with the disease, tissue that normally lines the uterus grows elsewhere in the body—for […]
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Go to endometriosis.org for a full listing of Endometriosis Awareness gatherings and marches! Scores turn out to march for Endometriosis awareness Thursday, March 13, 2014 | 1:27 PM KINGSTON, Jamaica — Scores of Jamaicans Thursday morning participated in the Million Woman March to raise awareness about Endometriosis. The march began at Devon House on Hope […]
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Finally, over a year after my blog was hacked, I figured out why I could no longer log into my shell account, and fixed the problem. So I say, FINALLY! I was able to go back in and find my old sidebar file and make those active on the site again. So please, check out […]
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March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Our color is yellow. This year I’m posting a photo a day of someone or something in yellow.
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March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Our color is yellow. This year I’m posting a photo a day of someone or something in yellow.
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March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Our color is yellow. This year I’m posting a photo a day of someone or something in yellow.
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March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Our color is yellow. This year I’m posting a photo a day of someone or something in yellow.
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Mankoski Pain Scale
0 - Pain Free
1 - Very minor annoyance -
occasional
minor twinges.
No medication needed.
2 - Minor Annoyance -
occasional
strong twinges.
No medication needed.
3 - Annoying enough to be distracting.
Mild painkillers are effective.
(Aspirin, Ibuprofen.)
4 - Can be ignored if you are really
involved in your work, but still
distracting. Mild painkillers relieve
pain for 3-4 hours.
5 - Can't be ignored for more than 30
minutes. Mild painkillers reduce
pain for 3-4 hours.
6 - Can't be ignored for any length of
time, but you can still go to work and
participate in social activities.
Stronger painkillers (Codeine,
Vicodin) reduce pain for 3-4 hours.
7 - Makes it difficult to concentrate,
interferes with sleep. You can still
function with effort. Strongest
painkillers relieve pain (Oxycontin,
Morphine)
8 - Physical activity severely limited.
You can read and converse with effort.
Nausea and dizziness set in as factors
of pain. Stronger painkillers are
minimally effective. Strongest painkillers
reduce pain for 3-4 hours.
9 - Unable to speak. Crying out or
moaning uncontrollably - near delirium.
Strongest painkillers are only partially
effective.
10 - Unconscious. Pain makes you
pass out. Strongest painkillers are only
partially effective.
© Andrea Mankoski
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