Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare

BACKGROUND: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women is both common and disabling, and access to interdisciplinary care is limited. Patient education programs may represent a pragmatic approach to delivering interdisciplinary care, but to date th…

The author of this short story writes about undergoing five surgeries over twenty years to remove endometriosis. She has two children, but without a uterus she wonders if she still is a woman. She is thankful for no more debilitating pain a…