'As much pain as my diagnosis has caused, it has shaped the woman I am.'
t in my area. I hoped he would somehow be able to help but all he did was robotically hand over another depressing leaflet about infertility.
It was at this time I was introduced to the Daisy Network. At the time, they were an incredibly small charity. I felt embarrassed with how young I was compared to the other older and braver women that were sharing their experiences of premature menopause. After my first half-hearted attempt at seeking support, I shut my diagnosis away and didn’t address it again until I went to university.At this point I had been prescribed HRT medication to give my body the hormones it desperately needed.
The Daisy Network provides support to women, along with their families and partners, who have been diagnosed with POI. Aside from physical symptoms, the diagnosis can make you feel incredibly isolated, and sometimes confused, alone and unsure of where to go, and what to do next. If I had welcomed their invaluable support before, and medical advice that the charity offers, I believe I would have been able to accept my body and my diagnosis a lot sooner.
Now aged 24, after a lot of conversations and guidance, I can begin to plan what my next steps are. I am now more focused than ever to help continue raising awareness of POI: a devastating diagnosis that most of the population will have never heard about before.
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