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Little research has been conducted into how endometriosis affects their lives.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Aim.\u2002<\/jats:bold> The aim of this paper is to report a study exploring women's experience of living with endometriosis.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Method.\u2002<\/jats:bold> A qualitative approach was used, in which women were asked to relate their stories starting from the first experience of symptoms that they associated with endometriosis. Key areas to be followed\u2010up during interviews were identified by women with endometriosis who were not participants. Fifteen semi\u2010focused interviews were conducted, and thematic and content analysis were carried out using the identified key areas, and themes elicited from initial analysis of the interview transcripts. From these two processes the final themes of delay in diagnosis, pain, dyspareunia, treatment, work and social relationships, the workplace, and the future emerged.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Findings.\u2002<\/jats:bold> Despite the existence of severe pain, often described as \u2018intense\u2019 or \u2018overwhelming\u2019, women experienced delay in receiving a diagnosis of endometriosis, and their symptoms were frequently trivialized or normalized. This, and the limited effectiveness of treatments, affected relationships with partners and family, work, and sexual relations, although individual experiences in each area were diverse.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion.\u2002<\/jats:bold> The experience of endometriosis pervades all aspects of a woman's life. This experience is compounded by the side effects of many treatments. Women with this disease need to be taken seriously, and not have their pain trivialized or normalized. 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