Jennifer Lewis

Okay so I made it - it’s about 6:30 and I actually made it through the entirie night without sleeping more than an hour. Is that humane? Especially after it happens more than not? If any other insomiacs are out there at 2 or 3 am you have my sympathy - seriously - there is nothing to do except buy way too expensive shoes online or just THINK about everything going on in your life. Luckily I choose the online purchasing with regularity but my credit card it starting to get mad. I refuse to let myself think too much ABOUT myself without diverting my attention onto something more interesting. Hmmmm….I wonder what my old psychoanylist would say about that - she usually had a lot to say about nothing hence the word, old as in former as in a long time ago………okay so what does this have to do with endometrisois? Nothing except that I think it’s gone to my head - or the meds have - because I’m not making much sense. Okay, to make this post useful I will write about endo….don’t get it…. Is that enough? Myabe that’s why I am not sleeping - I can’t find anything else to do with my time in the morning after an almost - all nighter but write about obscurities. Well, before I embarass myself ( Hah- did that a long time ago) I will bid aideu (sp?) and try to find some zzzzzz’’s. G’niite!

I suppose the first post is always the hardest……but here I go! As most of you know my name is Jennifer (Jenn) Lewis I am 37 and I live in Orange County, California. I grew up in Northern California in Marin County - just outside San Francisco and that is where my parents still live I moved to Orange County after college - I went to U.C. Irvine where I majored in Psychology with an emphasis on Child Development. I love California - the diversity - the weather and just about everything in between. Even though i was born in Ohio and moved here when I was 6 months old I consider myself a native!  Again, as most of you know, I was diagnosed with endometriosis at the age of 18 after a laparoscopy. I had been having heinous pain for five years and finally someone took a chance on me and found the source of my pain. I have since had 19 surgeries: 10 laparoscopies and 9 laparoscopies (open abdominal surgery). Unfortunately I keep necessitating surgery as my scar tissue blocks my intestines and I end up with a bowel obstruction. I have been to Dr. Redwine in Oregon as well as other prominent doctors who specialize in endo, however, I still have active endo, adhesions, chronic pain and a myriad of related things - I have been blessed that I haven’t necessitated serious surgery in over 4 years - yay! I started this site/the book after my hysterectomy - or I should say after my endo returned post hysterectomy when I was told beyond a shadow of a doubt that a total hysterectomy would cure the disease. WRONG! Not only is it not a cure but there is NO cure for this disease. I know that sounds horrible but KNOWLEDGE = POWER. If you haven’t already read my book then you should - not only because I wrote it but because you will learn a great deal about the real endo, not the one written about in doctor’s offices. You will also learn how and why it does the things it does and how it really affects women. Anyway, this is a much longer post then intended but now you know a little about me and why I am so passionate about educating women and why I decided to write my book. I want all women to have access to information - it’s imperative. Educate yourselves before you go to your doctor - and keep in mind that they’re just human beings like us and can make mistakes. If you want more info about the book check it out on the website! I wish you all a happy and pain free day!