Advent calendars!

So the countdown to Christmas has begun! I tend to do most of my shopping online as I find hours of shopping exhaust me and as I'm sure many endo sisters know you can't plan anything!
This year I've been little obsessed with all the advent calendars around, so many amazing ones!
I treated myself to the lookfantastic one and it's huge!
I've had to leave it wrapped up just so I won't be tempted to start early.
Anyways after buying that I then saw a deal for the m&s calendar that was £280 on it's own but if you spent £35 on clothing or beauty you could get the calendar for £35! Amazing deal! And easy enough to spend £35. I have ended up with some really cute fluffy PJs for Christmas eve along with my beloved Pixi retinol tonic and the calendar!
I decided I'm going to open 1 in the morning and 1 in the evening.
Literally cannot wait so will be opening and posting each day through December.
Anyone else bought advent calendars this year????

Interesting week

I've had a rough week to say the least. The lead up to this period has been awful. I've had pain every day with a couple of spotting days. When it finally started it was a relief, not that the pain went away but that the lead up was over! I have listened to my body and rested whenever possible but yesterday was so heavy and the worst possible day for it to happen because I had an interview for a promotion! 

I got myself ready and gritted my teeth throughout. Sorry endo but you're not ruining this for me I've worked too hard! So interview over and I find out next week!

Today is a better day! I'm seeing my best friend! Haven't seen her for a few weeks so we're going to have lunch and if endo allows a few cocktails 😁

The sun is shining and although I'm in pain I'm feeling better than I have all week. 

I've also decided to add a couple more topics to my blog although my main aim is to increase awareness of endo I also want to share my other interests mainly food and my addiction to beauty boxes! No I'm not turning this into a beauty blog but thought I'd share what's in my boxes each month. It's always a little exciting when they arrive. For now I'm off to get ready for a nice day out! Xxx

Sunday nofunday!

I haven't been around for a while, I kinda lost my mojo to do this but recently I've been thinking about my blog and wanted to get back in to it so here goes. 

The last surgery I had in October the surgeon was able to remove a lot of endometriosis but he also told me he found fibroids and cysts too. The endo has spread to my bowels which I thought explained the pains I have when needing the toilet. Anyways he didn't remove all the fibroids and cysts as he said he wasn't sure they were causing me any problems and as I don't yet have children he wants to avoid as much scar tissue as possible (for which I'm grateful). My recovery was slightly longer after this one which I put down to the amount of endo removed but now I'm not so sure. Sure the pain lessened but 9 months on its back with a vengeance. I can't go a day without some kind of pain hitting me whether it's my bowels or ovaries etc etc you get the picture.

What I have learnt is to listen to my body. Anyone that knows me knows I push myself. I go to work looking like hell and I'm often told off and to go home which I ignore. I always work in excess of my hours but I love my job! Recently tho I'm not doing so many hours over what I'm meant to. I know when my body needs rest and I've learnt the hard way that if I keep pushing i will make myself very ill. I've also learnt that the less I push myself the more time I have to look after myself in terms of healthy cooking. We all know how easy it is to eat crap after a long day at work. 

My thoughts now are how I can improve this even more. I would love to hear from anyone about recipes that don't take an age to make! Afterall I am usually still exhausted after work so please hit me up if you are a whizz in the kitchen or just found some recipes that work for you! 

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Chocolate

So I decided I would try and give up chocolate for a week and see if it had any affect on my body at all......

That was over 3 weeks ago! I must confess I did eat a cookie with chocolate chips but other than that I have not touched chocolate since!

Has it helped?

To be totally honest I don' feel any different. I thought the lack of sugar etc would either make me tired or grumpy (I'm used to having chocolate every day!)

Will I keep it up?

Well I'm not going to say yes to that. I don' think I'll go back to eating chocolate as much as I did but if I get a craving a little chocolatey goodness is very much on the menu!

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Happy New Year!

Wishing all my endo sisters a very happy new year! My new years resolution is to be more active with my blog. The last 6 months have been awful. I had another surgery after suffering daily for months. The surgery found more endo but also cysts and fibroids. I'll discuss more in a further post but I'm now on the road to recovery and in the process of changing my diet to try and help. I've said it so many times and always end up back eating rubbish but I'm determined this time!

That's all for now I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and I wish you all a healthy new year 💛💛💛

Hormonal skin

Well I'm sure I am amongst lots of ladies who feel like a teenager on certain days. By that I mean the breakouts on my face! I have tried so many products but nothing ever worked. Well until now.......

I am in love with the new Garnier Skin Active range in RoseWater. It smells sooooo good and seems to have had a big calming effect on my skin. I've been using it for around a month now and have to say so far so good! I won't lie I've still had a couple of breakouts leading up to my period but nothing like I used to have.

I've never named a product on here before but I am truly thankful to this range so thought I'd share! If anyone is like me a face full of breakouts can make your day even worse, it's a knock to my confidence that endo has already taken a sledgehammer to. I am thinking of trying the other variations but I'm a bit wary as the rose water is working so well for me at the moment. If anyone has tried the others could you let me know how you got on? I'm thinking honey next!

Apologies for the upcoming rant

I need to vent so I'm going to do it here. It's not really for anyone other than me to get this off my chest.

I'm tired so so tired, I don't remember the last time I slept for more than 5 hours. Pain waking me up during the night has become a common theme in my life for the last 3 weeks. Everyday at the moment is a struggle to get up in the morning and get myself to work. The lack of sleep has left me with pounding headaches as if i wasn't in enough pain already and almost zero energy. Not sure what I would do without my best friend who listens to me complaining everyday. I complain enough to her so here i am to vent instead.

The change in diet hasn't really gone to plan as I'm so tired when I get home I'm happy to eat anything and that's if I feel physically ok to eat. Today I've managed some popcorn😂. The thought of anything more makes me feel nauseous.

Well venting over I can only hope for a better day tomorrow or at least to not be woken up tonight but as I only have 6 hours before I'm due up it's not looking good!

Wish everyone a nice (And if you're an endo sufferer a symptom free) weekend! 😚