Nicola Dobson says the pain of endometriosis feels like her insides are made of Velcro that she can't rip apart. But when she spoke to her family doctor, she was referred to a psychologist.
Nicola Dobson was 12 years old when she started suffering from debilitating pain that made her vomit and curl into a ball on the floor.
But despite how common the disease is, there is only two dedicated endometriosis clinics in WA, in Perth and Albany.Federal member for Forrest Nola Marino has started a petition to get funding for pelvic pain and endometriosis clinics in Bunbury and Busselton in the state's South West. "Yes, there are practices that have advice in this space, but to actually have a dedicated pelvic pain clinic, that would be fantastic here in the South West, so they didn't have the additional burden of the travel."Mrs Marino said while her focus was on her electorate, she would like to see dedicated clinics set up across WA.
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