Emma Barnett: We can't ignore this disease that leaves one in 10 women like me in agony
Key takeaways
- Emma Barnett BBC Radio 4 Today programme presenter BBCThe BBC's Emma Barnett was diagnosed with endometriosis a decade ago Chloe is making one of the hardest decisions a woman can make.
- "I'm at the point now where I would not be able to look after a child.
- Chloe is one of the women I met over the six months I spent travelling the UK, investigating how the condition we share is affecting women's lives for the documentary Emma Barnett: Fighting Endometriosis.
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Emma Barnett BBC Radio 4 Today programme presenter BBCThe BBC's Emma Barnett was diagnosed with endometriosis a decade ago Chloe is making one of the hardest decisions a woman can make. After previous surgery failed to reduce the "horrendous" pain caused by her endometriosis, she is planning to have hysterectomy at the age of 26 - removing her womb and ending her chances of having a child.
"I'm at the point now where I would not be able to look after a child. It wouldn't be fair. I just want everything out," she told me at her home in Edinburgh, while fighting back tears. "I know it's not a cure but I need to have a better quality of life."
Chloe is one of the women I met over the six months I spent travelling the UK, investigating how the condition we share is affecting women's lives for the documentary Emma Barnett: Fighting Endometriosis.