It’s now been 12 months since I received my diagnosis. When I first heard the words “We’ll be treating you for severe endometriosis” I felt an immediate sense of relief, and that suddenly everything that I had been feeling for more than 20 years finally made sense. What I wasn’t prepared for was the realisation of just how much ‘normalisation’ had affected me. Coincidentally, the appointment with the specialist to discuss my diagnosis occurred while I had my period. When I was home later that night I was suddenly overcome with excruciating pain, greater than I had experienced – thankfully – for many years. For the first time since my…