‘My periods were controlling MY LIFE’

Working out and playing sports makes me feel good, and my perfect holidays are packed with high-energy activities. So when heavy periods took over my life, it was giving up these things that I love most that hit me hardest.

I started suffering in my late 20s, and it wasn’t long before heavy bleeding and clots became ‘normal’ for me. I’d get severe cramps that had me curled up in a ball. I just assumed I was unlucky. By my mid-30s, this was