24/07/2025
This isnt an easy post to write for me so please bare with 🫶 but as my long-term followers know, I have always promised to be transparent about life, horses and everything in between.
This isnt a sympathy post, just pure transparency 🧡❤️🧡❤️
Yesterday afternoon I had an Laparoscopy preformed to check and if found remove Endometriosis. Since being diagnosed with Adenomyosis a year ago, my wounderful ultrasound nurse told me to push because there so more going on than she was able to diagnose. So thats what we did.
After years of dealing with “normal” pain, my struggles spiked around 5 years ago, for the past 3 years I have been fighting for investigations and diagnosis to give me some answers on my pain.
I was extremely anxious but thankfully everything went reasonably well, few complications post op but nothing too major so I was back home by 8pm ❤️
They think they found suspected endo (🥳) but its been sent for biopsy and we should know in 2 weeks.
You might wonder why the hell I seem glad they found it? Its purely because it gives me answers, it proves it wasnt all in my head. So those doctors that sent me home feeling lost and insecure because this is as all “normal”, its the “joys of being female” and if I “take a paracetamol or even two” I would be fine.
It proves that fighting my corner with the incredible support team was the right thing to do. Blood, sweat, more tears than I would like to admit later and finally we made it.
Having a condition that is dissmissed by most doctors, underrated, unknown about and misunderstood by so so many people certainly makes it hard. But I am going to do all I can to help educate my little portion of the world, so others know they arent alone in this fight ❤️❤️
How does this effect the horses?
I have days where I am absolutely fine, days when strong painkillers can manage the pain enough to ride and days when the thoughts of sitting on a horse is laughable. The first and hardest thing to do was to not beat myself up for it, create a flexible training schedule to allow for things. We have had days when a spook sideways has caused a flare up, because of this Aly has had to learn a few tricks to help me out 🧡 but she has been incredibly good everytime I have needed her to behaved like a riding school pony for me. I swear she knows thats going on and when she can and cant push it 🧡
I was so nervous about yesterday and its impact on my remaining season. Cause we are horse people, whos first question isnt how fast can I be back in the saddle! I am so pleased when they said 2 weeks and as long as I listen to my body I will be fine 🥳
So we will still be at Three Rivers etc so no seaon plans have to change 🥳 Its all about rest, strengthening and recovery to get us very much back in the game for some big plans to finish our short season ❤️🩹
Endometriosis UK
Endurance GB
