A BORDERS woman is using her experiences of endometriosis to help others in the region. The menstrual condition causes endometrium – tissue similar to that lining the womb – to grow away from the uterus. Tao McCready, of Selkirk, was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2017 and created the Borders Endometriosis Support Group in 2019. “I very quickly realised there was nothing in the Borders to support people,” she said. Endometriosis affects one in 10 people, but the condition is not widely discussed, says Tao. “People don’t see us, she said. “They think the pain is only when we’re on our period, but the symptoms can happen all the time.