Erika’s Endometriosis Diagnosis Mission

Erika has “gone public” with her story in the hope of helping other young girls and teens to avoid what she had to endure. Erika’s story recounts the battle she and her mother fought to overcome years of pelvic pain and misdiagnosis to finally reclaim her life.

Erika’s story – and her mother’s story – is a story of resilience and determination to find answers that would restore Erika’s life. Today, after her endometriosis surgery, she is without pelvic pain and living a normal life. Her message: “You can regain your life. It’s not a life sentence of pain.”

Erika had help – her mother, family and a streak of perseverance that finally got her a correct diagnosis of endometriosis. And she’s now just as tenacious in wanting young women and their families to insist on having their physicians consider the possibility of an endometriosis diagnosis in their diagnostic quest.