So let me get this straight-you're telling me my bladder's having a tantrum because my uterus is throwing a rave in my pelvis???!!! I've been peeing every 20 minutes since 2018 and no one said a word about ENDOMETRIOSIS???
i had this issue too... after 3 years of doctors saying 'it's just stress' or 'drink more water'... finally got diagnosed. endometriosis is sneaky. bladder spasms? yeah, it's a thing. my pelvic floor therapist said it's like your organs are holding hands and pulling in all directions. took me forever to find someone who knew what they were talking about.
Of course the medical system ignores women’s pain until it’s literally leaking out of them. Shocking. Truly. I’m sure the next study will be titled 'Why Do Women Keep Making Up Symptoms?'
The pathophysiological interplay between ectopic endometrial tissue and the detrusor muscle is an under-researched domain. While neurogenic inflammation and visceral hypersensitivity are well-documented, the specific neural pathways linking pelvic endometrial implants to bladder hyperreflexia remain inadequately characterized in peer-reviewed literature. One must approach clinical correlations with epistemic humility.
in india we just call it 'lady problems' and drink chai and wait for it to go away... then your auntie says 'maybe you need to marry' and you just nod and leave the room
I remember the first time I felt it-the sudden, sharp contraction like someone had twisted a live wire inside me, and I just... sat there on the toilet, crying silently, because I didn't know if it was my body betraying me or if the universe had simply decided today was the day I would learn what true, unrelenting suffering felt like. And then I Googled it, and there it was-endometriosis, lurking in the shadows of every woman’s pelvic pain, quietly stealing years of our lives, our sleep, our dignity, our ability to laugh without bracing for the next invisible knife to twist in our guts. We are not broken. We are not dramatic. We are not overreacting. We are simply the ones who survived long enough to speak, and still, no one listens. Not really. Not until it’s too late.
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