Woman With 'agonising' Condition To 'give Back'

A female from Worcestershire who has lived pinch a "debilitating" and "agonising" information for 23 years has group herself nan situation of raising money for nan squad that helped diagnose her.

Harriet Amos, a musician and coach from Worcester, was diagnosed pinch endometriosis successful 2016 and has since undergone 5 operations, including nan removal of 1 of her ovaries.

She was supported done her test and curen astatine Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust by advisor gynaecologist Angus Thomson, and nan trust's Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain team.

To people Endometriosis Action Month, Amos said she wanted to big a performance successful assistance of nan Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Charity.

Endometriosis is simply a information wherever insubstantial usually recovered successful nan lining of nan womb grows extracurricular nan uterus, astir commonly successful nan pelvis.

It affects 1 successful 10 women and is nan 2nd astir communal gynaecological information successful nan UK.

Discussing her experience, Amos said: "I person been truthful good looked aft that I wanted to find immoderate measurement to not only springiness thing back, but besides to raise nan floor plan of this atrocious condition.

"My determination to donate present was because those patients presenting to emergency attraction pinch agonising pelvic symptom will beryllium directed here.

"If they tin beryllium met pinch a small other comfortableness arsenic a consequence of further costs raised, that for maine would mean truthful much, arsenic I myself person been successful that business galore times."

Joanna Street, lead endometriosis and pelvic symptom master caregiver astatine Worcestershire Acute Hospitals, said nan squad were grateful for Amos's fundraising efforts, pinch money antecedently raised utilized to bargain reclining chairs "so that patients who are successful symptom tin beryllium much comfortably".

Laura Gregory, organization and events fundraising serviceman for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Charity, added: "Harriet's fundraising has made specified a quality already for patients' acquisition of attraction and her continued support will person a existent effect for her section community."

The performance will return spot astatine St Stephen's Church Barbourne, Worcester, connected 28 March astatine 19:30 GMT.