Emergency call handler Laura Anderson has lived with endometriosis agony every day for five years.
When she gets flare-ups, it is so debilitating she is doubled over in pain, unable to speak. Laura, from Musselburgh, East Lothian, was diagnosed with the condition after surgery two years ago.
She said: “Flare-ups can bring me to tears. It is like someone taking a double bladed item in my stomach and pulling it down. I am bent right over and can’t stand up.