Woman's new lease of life after surgery for endometriosis

To mark Endometriosis Awareness Month, Sannah Rahoof has shared her remarkable journey from debilitating pain and years of fertility struggles to discovering she is pregnant, just months after specialist surgery at Pinderfields Hospital.

- by Leanne Clarke

Consultants Kofi Yamoah, Muna Ewadh and Alex Oboh.

(Photo: Mid Yorks NHS Trust)

Sannah, 28, from Wakefield, was diagnosed with endometriosis four years ago after suffering symptoms since her teenage years, including heavy bleeding, fainting episodes, chest pain, back and abdominal pain and constant exhaustion.

“When I first visited my doctor about it, I was dismissed, so I just got on with it,” she said.

“But it eventually got to the point where I was curled up on the sofa in excruciating pain.” A laparoscopy confirmed stage 4 deep infiltrating endometriosis, with her ovary stuck to her bowel.