Cycle Health
Period Pain Is Common. It Is Not Normal.
Generations of women were told to take a Tylenol. Then we learned how much they were carrying.
The average diagnostic delay for endometriosis is seven years. Seven years of being told it is just a period. Seven years of being asked if you are sure the pain is really that bad.
Pain that stops you from working, sleeping, or being a person is a medical event. It is not a personality.
"We confused 'common' with 'normal' and an entire generation of women paid the price."
Written By
June Tanaka
Senior Writer
Reports on motherhood, identity, and the postpartum decade. Based in Brooklyn.
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