One day it will not be an enigma and it will not consume any one else. It is too late for many of us though, as it totally consumed Marilyn Monroe s life and probably has consumed the lives of countless others. As millions of us fight to tame the monster within us, it is a battle for survival. We have declared war on our own bodies and natural processes of our bodies to contain it and cope, but in the end the last chapter has yet to be written. The name Endometriosis was given to this condition because it involves the Endometrium.
Endometrium is the Latin name given to the tissue that lines the uterus.
This tissue is shed with blood during a monthly period. The condition of Endometriosis occurs when bits of this tissue grow on other parts of the body. The most commonly affected areas are in the pelvis, but the tissue can grow anywhere in the body. In rare cases, it has even been found on the brain. The tissue is growing outside the uterus, but is still uterine lining and therefore responds to monthly hormone signals as if it were in the uterus.