Dionne McFarlane

Lived experience and endometriosis advocate, UK

Title: The reality of living with Endometriosis

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Biography

Dionne McFarlane is 26 years old and from Edinburgh which is in Scotland. She was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2016 after 6 years of trying to get answers as to what was causing her symptoms. She has since then went on to become an advocate for the condition and used her own lived experience to help others but also try to make improvements when it comes to people’s understanding of the condition. She is very passionate about women’s health and gynecology. She is currently a full-time student studying nursing at university and has just finished her first year. she hopes that sharing her lived experience will highlight the reality of the condition and also encourage conversations to happen about how this is a full-body condition and doesn’t just impact the reproductive system. She feels hearing from someone with lived experience will be very powerful.

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