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Feeling shooting pains zip through my body, it felt like I was being stabbed.
Often the pain was so debilitating I felt sick, and it left me so exhausted I couldn’t lift my head off the pillow.
At 14, I knew something was wrong with my periods.
With pain spreading from just under my chest to the tops of my legs, it was extreme. And I didn’t know anyone else who experienced anything similar to me when they had their periods.