"Working ... at university, it's very busy ... the idea of stopping your life ... there's really no convenient time to do that,"she said.
"I was basically told [that] if I was comfortable and was able to afford seeing [the surgeon] privately, that was a better option,"she said.
"This service aims to reduce the need for surgery and provides pathways for pelvic pain patients to access care,"they said.
"It got to the point that I was burning myself because I needed it so hot to even reduce the pain,"she said.
"When it comes to your health and that part of your health is linked to your fertility and your lifestyle, having no outreach from the clinic was shocking,"she said.
"Lots of patients in this space have often felt fairly dismissed and have often been under-recognised and under-managed,"she said.
"It's a real shame to see, because we have lots of options that we can manage them with, but they weren't being used and they were instead just waiting with that deterioration,"Dr Frommer said.