As someone who's struggled with endometriosis for years, Lindsey Peters discovered that in order to get real help you have to become your own advocate. For the last five years, Lindsey Peters has done just that. She is an Ambassador for the Endometriosis Association, an active member of numerous endometriosis support groups, has been featured in diverse magazine articles about endometriosis, spoken on Capitol Hill to urge legislators to increase funding for endometriosis research, and will soon be featured as an endometriosis panelist for the PEACE (Pharmacy for Equity, Acceptance, Compassion and Excellence) Task Force. She now considers speaking about endometriosis her purpose and hopes that doing so will continue to improve the awareness and actions about the disease, diagnosis, and treatment.
I was officially diagnosed with endometriosis in 2016. I had little to no idea what the disease was, which meant that there were probably many more people who were just as unaware that this disease exists. Through my endometriosis journey,…