Drs. Christine Metz and Peter Gregersen are studying endometriosis through the ROSE Study at Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research(NEW YORK) Victoria Balducci, a 39-year-old teacher in New York, was diagnosed last year with endometriosis, a condition that can cause debilitating pain and infertility for women.
Before getting that diagnosis, Balducci said she spent nearly two decades of her life living with menstrual cycles so painful she d have to miss work or school.
"I ve been to the [emergency room] because the pain was so bad sometimes I thought, This can t just be cramps. This has to be my appendix bursting, " Balducci told "Good Morning America." "I consistently was told that my [period] pain was normal. Nobody mentioned the word endometriosis once."
It was only last year, as Balducci was starting the process of freezing her eggs, that she said a fertility doctor told her she should see a speciali
Drs. Christine Metz and Peter Gregersen are studying endometriosis through the ROSE Study at Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research(NEW YORK) Victoria Balducci, a 39-year-old teacher in New York, was diagnosed last year with endometriosis, a condition that can cause debilitating pain and infertility for women.
Before getting that diagnosis, Balducci said she spent nearly two decades of her life living with menstrual cycles so painful she d have to miss work or school.
"I ve been to the [emergency room] because the pain was so bad sometimes I thought, This can t just be cramps. This has to be my appendix bursting, " Balducci told "Good Morning America." "I consistently was told that my [period] pain was normal. Nobody mentioned the word endometriosis once."
It was only last year, as Balducci was starting the process of freezing her eggs, that she said a fertility doctor told her she should see a speciali
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