https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89xyngwn88o
"It felt like being stabbed, I'd be on my hands and knees in pain."
Emily Handstock, 25 has struggled with period pain for 10 years and has documented the agony she has gone through on TikTok.
"I was admitted to hospital and the morphine barely touched the sides," she said.
She wants others to take part in severe period pain research, which could shape education and research, improving the lives of women.
Emily, who lives in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, has felt the agonising effects of her period since she was 15.
"It was horrendous bleeding, I'd have to leave school and go home and change – I'd bleed through tampons and pads," she said. Emily is sharing her story as a Westminster report by MPs warned women experiencing painful health conditions, including heavy periods, were being dismissed when they asked for help.
It stated that medical misogyny was leaving women in pain for years and disrupted all aspects of daily life.
Last week, the Welsh government announced the first women's health plan, following similar strategies in England and Scotland.
It includes a focus on menstrual health, including endometriosis - something Emily has welcomed.
Last month, after seven years of tests and scans, Emily had surgery for stage four endometriosis, but had to "fight to be taken seriously".
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