About this episode

Evelyn Scott shares her journey of living with severe endometriosis and her advocacy for women's health.

Evelyn Scott is based in Surrey, UK and works as an academic and women’s health advocate. She has described enduring painful periods and debilitating symptoms since her teens, yet for many years was told such pain was “normal”. She was finally diagnosed with severe endometriosis around age 30. Her diagnosis came after roughly 15 years of mis- or under-diagnosis and medical dismissal of her symptoms. Advocacy, writing & mission Evelyn is the author of A Bloody Scandal, ...

People in this episode

Host: Lucy Cavendish

Guest: Evelyn Scott

Topics covered

• endometriosis
• women's health
• pain management
• advocacy
• medical dismissal

Keywords

• endometriosis
• pain
• women's health
• advocacy
• medical diagnosis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: A Bloody Scandal

Places: Surrey

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