"Suddenly it was taken away from me, and I became nothing. "I wasn't a high performer anymore because I had a disability. But last month the Londoner won a significant employment appeal tribunal that could affect how employers are allowed to treat employees with endometriosis. These cells can get larger and change in response to hormones in the menstrual cycle, causing pain, inflammation and scar tissue."
"There is currently no cure, and treatment is limited to pain relief and sometimes surgery. In Sanju's case, when she was diagnosed in 2018, her severe, deep endometriosis had become a Stage 3 endometrioma, with a fluid-filled cyst 7.5cm (3in) in diameter on her left ovary, and another, smaller cyst on her right ovary. The cysts required an immediate operation and a period of recovery."
"After being off work for a month, Sanju returned, but it was clear she had gone back too soon. "I was in touch with HR, I was telling them how I was in pain, how I was struggling," she says. "I was bleeding, I could barely walk, because I'd been pushing myself too much, pushing myself through the fatigue wanting to make senior manager.""
Sanju Pal was an ambitious management consultant who won the Asian Woman of Achievement Award, met Queen Elizabeth, and worked for Accenture. Severe endometriosis led to two ovarian cysts requiring surgery in 2018 and a period of recovery. Returning to work too soon left her in pain and fatigued; she reported symptoms to HR but missed a 2019 performance target after time off. Her employer terminated her employment following the missed target. An employment appeal tribunal later ruled in her favor, potentially affecting employer treatment of employees with endometriosis.
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