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Sophie Robehmed spent most of 2018 with chronic abdominal and lower back pain, symptoms she d had before but never for more than a week or so. Then she was diagnosed with pelvic congestion syndrome - a condition no doctor had mentioned in the many years she d been seeking medical help.
It s Tuesday 14 August 2018 and I am sedated, lying on an operating table, while metal coils are being inserted into my ovarian and pelvic veins via a catheter in my neck.
I have recently been diagnosed with pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS), or ovarian vein reflux as it s also known, a condition that can cause pelvic and ovarian veins to pool with blood, enlarge and press against surrounding organs.
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