I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the word “endometriosis.” It’s probably because I’ve been saying it more, and writing it, and spelling it, and having Microsoft Word tell me that it does not exist (thanks a lot Bill Gates!) As many...
An hour before surgery and the nerves had started to kick in…big time. Rob was sitting by my side holding my hand and trying to warm me up, when I started to realize, wow, this is really happening right now. “You’re a surgery Sookton,” he said....
I have been on over 10 different birth control pills in my life. From the age of 18 on I have been consuming drugs that I can’t even pronounce. Words like ethinylestradiol norethisterone, levonorgestrel and ethinylestradiol gestodene. And it wasn’t until I...
Today I know what the X-Men must have felt like. Mutants. Genetically flawed creatures that lurk in the shadows. Ok- I’m exaggerating but you get the point. My favorite was always Storm, but I digress. Today I was diagnosed with “Polycystic Ovarian...
