Host an evening for endometriosis awareness and raise funds to support the 1in10.
How to get involved
- Click here to sign up.
- Set a date for your Endo the Night and get your invites out.
- Set up a Just Giving page to receive donations - there is an option to print handy QR codes to display at your event and make it easier for your guests to donate.
- Print your event materials or order ready-made optional extras.
- Plan your event activities - are you hosting a raffle? Quiz? Endo Bingo?
- Enjoy your event and take photos to remember your achievement for the 1in10 with endometriosis.
- For any donations you've collected outside of your Just Giving page, click here to pay it in.
This is Tamla's Story
"I first noticed symptoms aged 20 (ten years ago), although at the time I had no idea what it was that was causing it. After a particularly painful episode, I was admitted to hospital, where I had my appendix removed in emergency surgery. They of course found nothing wrong with my appendix when they took it out! Looking back and remembering the pain, I was 100% experiencing an endometriosis flare up.
It took me 8 years in total to get a diagnosis. I ended up seeing a private doctor, who wrote me a referral for a scan and further tests with the NHS. From here, I was referred to a gynaecologist as endometriosis was highly suspected. I received a laparoscopic surgery in 2021, where I was told they had found stage 4 endometriosis an had to remove my left over due to a large endometrioma.
After a recent scan, I unfortunately was told that I have another endometrioma, on my remaining ovary. I will have to have surgery for this in the near future, and there is a risk of a second oophorectomy. I don't have children yet, and I'm really struggling to come to terms with what I'm about to face.
My diagnosis was frustrating, lonely and at times, really heart breaking. Not just for me, but for everyone around me who weren't able to do anything but see me struggle through life, without answers or guidance on how to manage my symptoms properly. In the early days, medical practitioners completely disregarded my experience and feelings. I'm extremely lucky to have found an NHS endometriosis specialist who I can trust and who understands what I'm dealing with.
I heard about Endometriosis UK after being diagnosed - I wanted to become part of a community that would empower me to live life how I should, and Endometriosis UK has helped me to do that."
