In 2012 I was diagnosed with severe endometriosis. Since then I've had several surgeries to try to reduce my period pain and shrink the cysts on both ovaries (10cm on the left, 12cm on the right).
After yet another operation in 2024, I decided I would never go under the knife again - because apart from enormous pain, scarring, worry and anxiety, nothing ever changed with my symptoms. The cysts always came back. The period pain too. In 2026, I changed gynaecologist. This time she wasn't a surgeon, and she wasn't pro-surgery either - thank goodness!
A few days before my first appointment with this new gynaecologist, my boyfriend came across a SOVA post on Instagram. I mentioned it to her straight away and she said it sounded like a good idea to try. So I started a three-month course of Bye Painful Periods and omega-3. How do I explain that all my period pain reduced and eventually disappeared?
I struggled to believe it, but it was genuinely true! I still had the cysts, but I was managing to live again! Going out for dinner during my period, walking upright during that time of the month. Now I no longer dread my period at all! I'm currently on the ovastart treatment - starting a 3-month course. I'm hopeful that this time the cysts will shrink and eventually disappear - that we can naturally clear it all out!
God bless SOVA for helping me discover a peace I've never known before. I started my period at age 9. I was diagnosed with endometriosis at 18. I found peace at 32. Thank you SOVA. I pray that what comes next is even more peaceful and beneficial. I sincerely hope the cysts will disappear so my body can be at rest and at peace.
PS: on the scan, the cysts are the two lumps/grapefruits in the lower left. I'll be sure to share a before and after of my tummy once they've gone 🙏