For many years, I have dealt with chronic pain issues. I am 70 years old now, but when I was a teenager and as a female suffered with Endometriosis. I did not understand why I was always in so much pain and so irregular every month. I had no support, not even from my own mother. This was in the 1970's and my mother was a tough-minded suffer through it type person. After I married young, I still struggled with endometriosis, then after dealing with infertility and miscarriages, and again with no support from family or even my doctors. The marriage was abusive, so I did "tough" out all my pain issues as best I could alone. Doctors wanted to send me to psychiatrists and prescribe tranquilizers. Honestly, that really angered me and I kept looking for relief from new doctors. I had my first child at age 22, then I was finally diagnosed with endometriosis in my mid-20s. There's more I would like to share, and if you can relate, let's talk.