Every month since her periods started at the age of 14, Jenni Johnson would suffer such severe pain she would cry out in agony. The pain would also shoot down her leg, leaving her struggling to walk.
Yet despite this, and the heavy monthly bleeding she suffered, it would be nearly ten years before a scan finally revealed the cause – endometriosis, a condition affecting 1.5million women in the UK.
Endometriosis occurs when tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows elsewhere in the body, causing internal bleeding and pain.
During those long years, Jenni, a former healthcare worker from Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire,
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