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Please Stop Saying These Things To People With A Chronic Illness But have you tried yoga?

Guess what? March is Endometriosis Awareness Month! Be a voice to spread awareness and fight for a cure. We got this! 👊🏻💛💪🏻

My surgery was 12 days ago. I spent 2 days in the hospital and the first week in a pain medication coma. 😴

I’m finally able to stand and walk without assistance. The problem with that? I’m struggling to “take it easy.” I’m a type A personality who is now pain free. I want to conquer the world and do everything I couldn’t do before. HELP! 🤦🏼‍♀️

THANK YOU for all the prayers and well wishes. Your support means so much to me.

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-Shawnda

I’ve been a ball of emotions this week. I’ve laughed, cried, felt sorry for myself and have asked God to give me the strength to keep fighting the fight.

Tomorrow I will undergo another painful surgery followed by 6-8 weeks of recovery.

THANK YOU for all the texts, calls and well wishes. Your support means everything to me and my family.


-Shawnda McNeal

March is endometriosis awareness month. Fight the battle and help find a cure. 💛💛

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How long did it take to FINALLY get your diagnoses?

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How is your pain today?

We got this! 💪🏻🎗❤️

Yep. This pretty much sums it up. 🔪💛🥄

This weekend we have been busy here at Braave 💛🏹

When we raise funds it helps us get closer to reaching our goals and to further spread endometriosis awareness! 💛💛

We here at Braave, thank you for everything you guys do!

Xoxo

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How to Be Your Own Advocate - Braave, Inc. No doubt you’ve been there before. The doctor walks in, goes over your symptoms, listens to your complaints, nods, and says, “There’s nothing wrong with you.” The internal struggle begins immediately. You just know that something is wrong, yet here is this expert telling you that you are fine. It is...

Keep on fighting 💛💛💛

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4 Huge Mistakes I Made During My Wife's Endo Battle - Braave, Inc. Director/Co-Founder Dave Huffman takes you through the mistakes he made as a husband during the early stages of his wifes endometriosis.

Happy Sunday, everyone 💛💛 Today Katelyn & Arista set up at our Elder Beerman, here in Chillicothe, Ohio. We want to raise endometriosis awareness and getting out and talking about Braave is one way to do it!

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Inside The Minds of Men Loving Women With Endometriosis - Braave, Inc. Get a peek inside the minds of men who love women with endometriosis. Two men share their feelings of guilt and worry.

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Endo Battle Story: Shawnda McNeal Our Founder shares her endometriosis battle story. Read, share, and maybe consider sharing your own story?

Endo Battle Story: The Endometriosis Pain Started When I Was 13 - Braave, Inc. I was 16 years old when I was first officially diagnosed with Endometriosis. In 2003, at age 13, I got my very first period. That is when the pain started. It was absolutely unbearable! The cramps I had literally made me vomit everyday for the 5 days my period lasted. Being thirteen my mom thought …

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The Guilt-Ridden Struggle of a Mom With Endometriosis Braave Founder Shawnda McNeal is a mom with endometriosis. Everyday she fights to prove herself to this one person. Read more here.

Shawnda & Katelyn built this tree. It's a tree where anyone who enters our Braave office gets to write down a brave moment and hang it. So why don't you tell us a "Braave" moment 💛💛💛

Hey everyone! This is Katelyn (board member & office director in Ohio). I just wanted to let all of you know that we have not given up on Braave. Shawnda has not given up on endometriosis awareness and we are still going. Yes there have been setbacks, but we aren't stopping now! Keep an eye out for new things to come! As always you can head to our website Braave.org and read/share your battle stories, share our page, or even make a donation to help bring awareness to this disease! Keep fighting ladies 💛💛💛

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Braave, Inc. - Inpsiring bravery and providing support to women battling endometriosis Inpsiring bravery and providing support to women battling endometriosis

You guys...

I want to personally apologize for disappearing these last few months. We hit a couple of major life hurdles and, well, we just needed all the extra time and resources we could muster.

First, back in April, I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

At that time, you may have noticed a slight dip in Braave activity as my husband and I worked to navigate a second autoimmune disorder.

THEN...In July, I lost my job.

And since my husband put all his career eggs into my career basket, we were left with no income.

Long story short, we've relocated 1,000 miles north, hustled a bit, and are now just now getting back on our feet.

Regarding Braave, we've been working behind the scenes, re-aligning things a bit, and moving to position Braave to help women with endometriosis on a wider scale than we previously imagined.

And not just WOMEN with endo, but other endo organizations as well.

We'll reveal more in the next few days.

We've got some more work to do, but wanted you to know that we're here, we're doing awesome, and haven't bowed out of the Endo Fight.

Love you :)

- Shawnda McNeal

After publishing a couple dozen of these stories, I've come to understand how difficult it is for you all to share, but man, if you'd see the emails from women you've helped by being willing to do so...It's incredible.

Great job by Bern and the Knock Out Endo folks.

Kimberleigh's story My Endometriosis story I got my first period when I was 10. I remember being so excited as I was officially a grown up (if I'd known then that being an adult meant being tired all the time and...

What do you think? Sums it up nicely, right?

-Shawnda

Not Braave or Endo related, but I thought some of you hyster-sisters could relate.

Plus, I know it helps me to have some fun every so often :)

- Shawnda McNeal

Menopausal Maniac! Episode #1 "It's TOO HOT in here!" [VIDEO] MENOPAUSAL MANIAC starring Shawnda McNeal. In episode #1, watch as Shawnda's family is barely able to survive the arctic temperatures as Shawnda still complains of it being SOOO HOT IN HERE.

Shawnda's Uterus cake at her 2013 Uterus Going Away Party before her Hysterectomy.

Yep. I have stage 4 Endometriosis. Yep. I had a hysterectomy and cannot have anymore children. Yep. It makes me sad and I've cried for hours over it. Yep. I wiped those tears for a couple of hours and threw myself a "Uterus Going Away" party. Yep. I (my friend Marcy) found a sick individual to make this uterus cake for me. Yep. I always try to find a little bit of humor during a sad situation. Braave