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A woman with curly brown hair sits on a park bench smiling.

"It's quite hard to wrap your head around being in pain every day,"
she said.
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A woman lies down in a hospital bed, wearing a hospital gown.

A womans stomach with heat burns.

"That comes with a lot of travel costs, so it's definitely a barrier not having access in our area."

A woman wearing glasses and a green blazer smiles.

"We have a lot of local knowledge and local specialists that really want to advocate for women but it's hard to actually then work all together to allow women to access those services more easily."
A woman clutching her stomach. 

A group of women sit around a table having a picnic.

"A few of us have offered to go to appointments with one another, to be an advocate and a support person."

An illustration of a woman lying down, with razor wire wrapped around her stomach signifying pain.

"So my main goal was making people aware of how diverse this illness can be."

A woman wears goggles and floats in water.

"I like to think it's the worst group with the best people."
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