My story

Alors voilà, moi, c’est Laura. Je suis Belge et j’ai 23 ans. Je suis diplômée d’un  bachelier (BAC+3) en Sciences Politiques et actuellement en master. Ces études m’ont fait réaliser que malheureusement, on vit dans une société très individualiste et que si on veut changer les choses, c’est à nous de le faire.

During my entire adolescence I suffered martyrdom during my period, and you know what? Like many (too many) of us, I was prescribed the pill around the age of 12 or 13 in order to soothe my pain and then, given that the society in which we live has taught us that "having pain during your period is normal", I didn't ask myself too many questions.

So yes, the pain has subsided, but this pill was a real time bomb. It was around the age of 19 that when I stopped taking the pill (for personal reasons) I began to realize that no, it was not normal to suffer so much. Since that day, it took me 10 months of psychological destruction and trivialization by the doctors to finally arrive at a diagnosis : "Laura, you have endometriosis".

Comme je le dis souvent « moi c’est toi et toi c’est moi »

If you would like to know all my story in detail, without taboos and in a friendly atmosphere between friends, I invite you to watch my Youtube videos by clicking here. right here.

It is now almost two years later that I decide to speak out and transform this anger into an immense force for together, to make things change, because deep down, we are all experiencing the same thing and it is together that we are stronger. Ahh... "you, my endo". My undesirable roommate, I have adapted my life to you but I promised myself that I would fight every day, with a smile and move forward to win this fight of a lifetime.

My story

So here I am, I am Laura. I am Belgian and I am 22 years old. I have a bachelor's degree (BAC+3) in Political Sciences and I am currently in a master's program. These studies made me realize that unfortunately, we live in a very individualistic society and that if we want to change things, it's up to us to do so.

During my entire adolescence I suffered martyrdom during my period, and you know what? Like many (too many) of us, I was prescribed the pill around the age of 12 or 13 in order to soothe my pain and then, given that the society in which we live has taught us that "having pain during your period is normal", I didn't ask myself too many questions.

So yes, the pain has subsided, but this pill was a real time bomb. It was around the age of 19 that when I stopped taking the pill (for personal reasons) I began to realize that no, it was not normal to suffer so much. Since that day, it took me 10 months of psychological destruction and trivialization by the doctors to finally arrive at a diagnosis : "Laura, you have endometriosis".

As I often say, "I'm you and you're me".

If you would like to know all my story in detail, without taboos and in a friendly atmosphere between friends, I invite you to watch my Youtube videos by clicking here. right here.

It is now almost two years later that I decide to speak out and transform this anger into an immense force for together, to make things change, because deep down, we are all experiencing the same thing and it is together that we are stronger. Ahh... "you, my endo". My undesirable roommate, I have adapted my life to you but I promised myself that I would fight every day, with a smile and move forward to win this fight of a lifetime.

The history of the NPO : Toi mon endo

C’est suite à tout cela que petit à petit je me suis dit “Mais Laura, on vit dans une société où les réseaux sociaux prennent une place non-négligeable dans le quotidien de beaucoup d’entres-nous, alors vas-y, fais-toi entendre”

so it is May 1, 2020 I took my phone, put it on my desk and sat down on my bed to tell you my story. This is the beginning of a new adventure. My first Youtube video was an unexpected success. I received a hundred messages in one evening, it was shared dozens of times, etc... Anyway, it's a short story, that's when I said to myself that I wanted to go further than that,that it was time to make a difference, to raise our voices and be heard for good.

And off we went for the adventure.

I contacted a draftswomanI explained my wish for my logo and a few days later I had my logo exactly as I imagined it. After that, it took me two/three months to do all the administrative side (and I might as well tell you that there is a lot of it) and... here we are...

The ASBL Toi mon endo was officially born on Thursday, July 16, 2020.

I'm so happy that this project is finally coming true and I'm so eager to live this adventure all together because "together we're stronger".

Les 3 objectifs de l’ASBL : Toi mon endo :

01.

Enseignement : projet-pilote 

Avec le soutien de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, nous réalisons un projet pilote de sessions de sensibilisations ludo-éducative dans des classes de 5 et 6 ième secondaires en Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. 

02.

Sensibilisation : mission sociétale 

Afin de sensibiliser un plus large public, nous menons des campagnes d’informations et créons et/ou participons à des évènements. Nous effectuons des permanences au sein de cliniques d’endométriose (ou non) afin de pouvoir échanger directement avec un plus large public. Nous organisons également des activités de sensibilisation dans des mouvements de jeunesses.

03.

L’accessibilité et la reconnaissance de la maladie

Parce qu’il est pour nous primordial que chaque femme ait accès à une prise en charge pluridisciplinaire de la maladie, il est important de démocratiser l’accessibilité aux soins (para-)médicaux. C’est pour cette raison que nous initions des démarches politiques pour une reconnaissance de l’endométriose comme maladie chronique.

Our general coordinator

Wendy

It was at the end of September that I wanted to find the rare pearl that would help me make my endo shine. I thought a lot about it, I talked about it to my family and friends and then one morning I woke up and I said to myself; Wendy is the rare pearl for " Toi mon endo".

Our meeting

I had the opportunity to meet Wendy during the shooting of the RTBF report. She was a subscriber on Instagram with whom I had exchanged quite a bit and I had proposed her to be present for the shooting. We hit it off right away and kept in touch.

That's how I finally asked Wendy at the end of September if she wanted to join me in the adventure Toi mon endo. So it's since October 2020 that Wendy became my right-hand man, that we spend hours thinking about how to carry out the projects of you my endo and I'm extremely happy to have Wendy with me in the adventure.

Its history

If I had to describe Wendy to you in a few words I would say that she is a young woman of 20 years old, graduated as an educator (A2), but beyond that, she is creative, bubbly, ambitious, caring and has a lot of humour.

Like me, Wendy has endometriosis and fights this unwanted roommate on a daily basis.

It is together, with our two different medical backgrounds, that we will build beautiful things and make you shine my endo.