'I was left in agony for seven years before finally receiving a diagnosis'

Tamara Ceaikovski

A woman suffered seven years of agony before she was finally given a diagnosis. Poppy Harris, 20, from Aberdeen, first experienced symptoms aged 13 after her period left her in excruciating pain. Her bleeding was so heavy that it soaked through her school skirt in less than an hour while wearing a pad. Poppy, who is now studying at university, said: "I just remember being in so much pain and thinking, surely this isn’t for the rest of my life." Her first hospital visit came a short while later,