Young Scots woman undergoes chemically induced menopause after 14 years of endometriosis pain that felt like being 'stabbed in stomach'
Scots woman has told how she underwent chemically induced menopause after suffering the excruciating pain of endometriosis since the age of 11.Rachel Currie fought for over a decade to be diagnosed after experiencing pain she described as “like being stabbed in the stomach” on a regular basis.The 25-year-old finally received a diagnosis of endometriosis - a long-term condition affecting one in 10 women in the UK where tissue similar to the lining of the womb starts to grow in other places, such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes.Rachel, from Larbert in Falkirk, has decided to share her journey in the hope it may make other people suffering in silence feel less alone.She told the Daily Record: “When you get diagnosed with something you then