"Deputy mayor of Redcar Ceri Cawley was diagnosed with the condition in her early 20s and has struggled with "agonising pain" for years. As well as Redcar and Cleveland Council, Southwark and Stoke-on-Trent City councils, have joined the national scheme, run by charity Endometriosis UK, to help staff better manage the condition alongside work. The 43-year-old said it would be "immense" to get more businesses to join the programme and make sure "nobody is struggling alone"."
"She said before she was diagnosed she was always going to the doctors in pain and not understanding what was wrong. "I was told it was IBS or just a heavy period, I was told all sorts of reasons why I was in this pain," she said. "It is far more than that, it is being talked about more and it needs more awareness.""
Redcar and Cleveland Council voted unanimously to become the first endometriosis-friendly local authority in northern England and joined a national employer scheme run by Endometriosis UK. Deputy mayor Ceri Cawley was diagnosed in her early 20s and has suffered agonising pain, describing days of lying in a bath in absolute agony before finding support. Southwark and Stoke-on-Trent City councils have also joined the scheme to help staff better manage the condition alongside work. Endometriosis affects about one in ten women, often causing severe pain and fertility problems and taking eight to ten years for diagnosis. Campaigners plan to educate employers locally and tackle stigma.
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