A woman with endometriosis has decided to launch a retreat for individuals living with the condition with the aim of changing their perspective into a positive one. Michaela Rowlands, who is originally from Abergele but lives in St Clears in Carmarthenshire, was diagnosed with the condition in 2020.
Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the womb starts to grow in other places such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes. It affects one in 10 women in the UK and at the moment there is no cure for it.
Each month these cells react in the same way to those in the womb, building up and then breaking down and bleeding. Unlike the cells in the womb that leave the body as a period, however, this blood has no way to escape – causing chronic and sometimes debilitating pain as well as affecting fertility and other parts of the body such as the bowel or bladder.
