Kia ora, I’m Amy Hopper, a student of the Master of Technological Futures programme at academyEX.
It took 18 years, 14 health professionals and one Google search to finally be diagnosed with endometriosis and adenomyosis. By the time I was diagnosed, it was stage four. My pelvic organs had fused together, the disease had spread to my bowel and appendix.
In Aotearoa New Zealand, it now takes almost 10 years on average to be diagnosed with endometriosis. My research looks at one part of that journey.