"I was told, 'You've just been in pain for so long that your brain just thinks you're in pain, but there's really nothing wrong with you.'"
"I have a GP qualification, I also have an advanced qualification of obstetrics and gynaecology, so I've done a lot of training in my life, but never in that training have I learned how to manage complex persistent pelvic pain,"she said.
"People are still being told even today to have a baby to cure endometriosis,"she said.
"And then it's often not a callous dismissal, but women feel not heard and not validated and then might have to seek help somewhere else, might go to emergency with pain that they're having that's acute."
"I don't want them to have to spend 25 years wondering why they're in pain and why no one can help them,"she said.