Laura, 30, from South London, was in her late teens when she started suffering from constant lower abdominal pain. "The level of pain would just get worse to the point where it crippled me and I would spend days in bed and then it would change again to a more manageable level," she says. "I completely forgot what it was like to be pain-free. These symptoms were also accompanied by very painful heavy irregular periods, as well as spotting."
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