Annabelle’s journey to having her pain taken seriously wasn’t easy. A new health service has brought relief

A new telehealth clinic for Victorian women is providing services including sexual and reproductive healthcare and video physiotherapy for endometriosis and pelvic pain. Photograph: ninavartanava/Getty Images/RooM RF

Annabelle says she didn’t realise how much pain she was in until something as simple as laughing hurt.

“We were in the car and Mum made a joke,” she says. “I laughed, then turned to her and said, ‘Can you not do that? It hurts to breathe.’”