Lucy Reddin News Today

Health is "consistently deprioritised and overlooked". this report from our health correspondent, catherine burns. in pain, their lives on hold, more than half a million women across the uk are on waiting lists for gynaecology treatment. the bleeding over time, over that year, got heavier and heavier and the pain got worse and worse. im pretty much housebound now, erm, due to the pain. i have another year—and—a—half to go before i can have my hysterectomy. i the biggest impact for me so fa...

The level of pain, you just, just want it to stop. you just want it to go away. for lucy, endometriosis means shes not been able to have children. now, she needs a hysterectomy. she was referred for help in march last year, but is worried shes still got a long wait ahead of her. i cant even put it into words because my life is not my life as it is at the moment. its cruel. its cruel to leave somebody waiting there for that long. you wouldnt do that to a dog. there were problems with gynaecology ...

Its just got worse. im sick of feeling, at 44, like im 94. like so many other women, pain is a constant companion for lucy reddin. she has endometriosis, which means tissue — like the lining of the womb — grows in places it shouldnt, including the ovaries. ill be honest, ive felt suicidal at times with this condition. the level of pain, you just, just want it to stop. you just want it to go away. for lucy, endometriosis means shes not been able to have children. now, she needs a hysterectomy...