Endometriosis shouldn’t take years to diagnose

I spent 24 years being dismissed. You don't have to.

Endometriosis shouldn’t take years to diagnose

Helping girls and women get answers sooner,

advocate harder, and feel less alone.

MEET THE FOUNDER & CEO

Hey, I'm Callie!

I'm not a doctor. I am not a researcher. I am a woman who spent 24 years being failed by the system and decided to do something about it.

I started my period when I was 13. The pain was immediate, and it was brutal. I was put on birth control and sent home. That was the beginning of two and a half decades of being dismissed, minimized, and gaslit by the very doctors I trusted to help me.

I worked inside the healthcare system for 18 years. I knew how it worked. And it still happened to me.

At 37, I was finally diagnosed with stage 4/5 advanced endometriosis. I had excision surgery. I went through multiple rounds of IVF trying to start a family and fulfill my dream of being a mother. They all failed. The disease returned. At 39, I had an emergency total hysterectomy.

Endometriosis took that dream away from me.

What I know now is that earlier education, earlier conversations, and earlier advocacy could have changed the course of my life.

That is why Own My Endo exists!

Here’s the truth: women’s health is broken.

It takes 8–10 years (on average!) to get diagnosed

Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women. It is one of the most misunderstood and most under-researched diseases out there.

And yet it takes nearly a decade to get a diagnosis.

That is unacceptable.

I am here to change that.

Endo warriors podcast

Let’s Own It

This is where we stop accepting dismissal as an answer. This is where we get loud about women's pain, fight for real answers and take back control of our health. You deserve to be believed. You deserve to be heard. We can own our stories, own our power, and Own Our Endo.

Today, I’m a medical advocate, consultant, keynote speaker, and host of the “Endo Warriors” podcast. I'm on a mission to help women realize that their voices have value. Pain can be turned into purpose.