'Adenomyosis ruined my life'

'Adenomyosis ruined my life'Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleKirsteen O'SullivanBBC NewsBBCRachel Moore said she wants to share her "traumatic ordeal" to raise awarenessA woman says she was "fobbed off by the NHS" and "adenomyosis ruined my life".Rachel Moore, 37, from Portsmouth in Hampshire has spent years in debilitating chronic pain due to a womb disease.Adenomyosis, is a condition often compared to endometriosis and occurs when where endometrial-like tissue grows into the muscular wall of the uterus, causing it to thicken and enlarge.Common symptoms include heavy, prolonged menstrual bleeding, chronic pelvic pain, and infertility.The mum of two, who was diagnosed last year said she felt she was dismissed by her GP and let down by the NHS.Rachel said: "I had a lot of pain with periods, I was back and forth to the doctor. I was put on lots of different contraception, that didn't really do anything to help."I was well for four days out of every month, it ruined my life."'I wanted to be heard'After repeatedly visiting her GP Rachel said she felt she was going around in circles, to the point she was convinced she was imagining her own pain."I just felt like I wasn't being listened to. I was being fobbed off. I wanted to be heard and I didn't feel like I was getting that at all. I'm angry about it," she said.Rachel was eventually referred to a gynecologist but was told there was a wait of nearly a year. She said she felt she had no option but to undergo a hysterectomy privately.Rachel's GP practice has apologized for the difficulties she experienced and said her feedback will be investigated thoroughly.An NHS spokesperson said: "Too often we hear of women whose health concerns have been dismissed, and we are actively addressing this through education, training and improving services for women."NHS staff should support women experiencing symptom...