Since she was a teenager, Lorna McBride has been to see her doctor countless times for crippling pain during her period. Her GP told her it was perfectly normal to pass out and vomit.
But, as an adult, her excruciating symptoms began to take over her life, and in 2021, she was finally referred for a procedure to check if she had endometriosis - an inflammatory condition affecting women and those assigned female at birth where tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows in places it's not meant to.
Despite being diagnosed with the debilitating condition twelve months ago, the 33-year-old from Withington claims she still hasn't been given any treatment, and fears the pain is getting worse.
