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‘It makes you feel helpless’: patients and doctors cast doubt on standard treatment for endometriosis
The Guardian UK
Tuesday 15 September 2026, 13:22 UTC
By Denis Campbell Health policy editor
1 min read
Key Points
Natalie Greenwood says surgery is no ‘magic fix’ for chronic pelvic pain – a view backed up by a new study“It’s really frustrating to be in this cycle of continuous surgery. It makes you feel helpless,” says Natalie Greenwood, of a condition that affects her so badly she is “non-functioning most of the time because of the constant fatigue”. Greenwood, 36, needs to have an operation every few years to limit the impact of the endometriosis that gives her chronic pelvic pain, as well as extreme...
Natalie Greenwood says surgery is no ‘magic fix’ for chronic pelvic pain – a view backed up by a new study
“It’s really frustrating to be in this cycle of continuous surgery. It makes you feel helpless,” says Natalie Greenwood, of a condition that affects her so badly she is “non-functioning most of the time because of the constant fatigue”.
Greenwood, 36, needs to have an operation every few years to limit the impact of the endometriosis that gives her chronic pelvic pain, as well as extreme tiredness and brain fog.
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