The Endo Pain Specialist

The Endo Pain Specialist I help women who struggle with endo pain to understand and manage their pain triggers holistically

When you are in pain, certainty is seductive.I once sold my flat believing surgery in America was my best chance of gett...
18/08/2026

When you are in pain, certainty is seductive.

I once sold my flat believing surgery in America was my best chance of getting my life back.

Then I realised I still could not afford it.

That forced me to look more closely at everything that could be influencing how I felt—not only the disease itself.

I researched nutrition, hormones, gut health and pain science. That pursuit eventually led me to retrain as a functional nutritionist and women’s hormone health practitioner.

Surgery still has an important role. It can remove or destroy visible endometriosis lesions and may significantly reduce pain.

My own journey also taught me that one woman can hold more than one health truth.

The disease can matter alongside adenomyosis, the pelvic floor, bowel or bladder conditions, under-fuelling or changes in pain processing.

I now apply that same lens to food, testing and supplements.

Each strategy should answer a clear question rather than adding another rule, restriction or expense to your life.

That can lead to a clearer plan, fewer unnecessary interventions and more capacity for the life you actually want to live.

Which slide would you like me to unpack properly next? Comment the slide number below.

Ruksana x

Educational content only; it does not replace personalised medical care.

Congratulations 🥳🎉✨A lot of the moments we call failures are teaching us, redirecting us and leading us towards a path w...
08/08/2026

Congratulations 🥳🎉✨

A lot of the moments we call failures are teaching us, redirecting us and leading us towards a path we cannot see yet.

Some things only make sense when we look back. Until then, call upon Al-Hadi, The Guide and turn to Al-Haqq, The Truth.

it’s all about the reframe and trusting Allah’s plan ✨

What “failure” makes more sense to you now?

Ruksana x

Two women can have endometriosis and experience completely different pain.One feels sharp bowel pain. Another feels bur...
05/08/2026

Two women can have endometriosis and experience completely different pain.

One feels sharp bowel pain. Another feels burning or electric shocks. Another feels pulling, bladder pressure or pain that takes longer to calm down.

That is because endometriosis pain can involve more than one driver:
Inflammation, nerve irritation, pelvic-floor tension, cross-talk between pelvic organs, sensitised pain processing.

The way pain feels can offer clues, but it cannot diagnose the cause on its own.

Describe what it feels like, where it travels to, what triggers it and how long it lasts for.

Share this with someone who struggles to put their endometriosis pain into words.

Ruksana x



*educational purposes only not medical advice

Reasons to follow or unfollow me:1. I believe creation has a Creator and my faith shapes how I live and work.2. I talk o...
03/08/2026

Reasons to follow or unfollow me:

1. I believe creation has a Creator and my faith shapes how I live and work.

2. I talk openly about periods, bowel movements, endometriosis and perimenopause.

3. I help women understand what may be going on under the hood so they can ask better questions about their health.

4. I will encourage you to advocate for yourself, even when it feels uncomfortable.

5. I believe small daily wins matter. Progress does not always need to look dramatic.

6. Matcha in my drink, food or skincare? Yes please.

7. My sense of smell is basically a superpower, so cleanliness and pleasant smells matter to me.

8. I have no time for bad manners. Ciao, brown cow.

9. I can open doors and bins with my toes... a strangely useful talent ikr?

Now tell me about you: what is one thing people would never guess from your page?

Ruksana x

02/08/2026

I’ll go first.

At 26, after decades of severe symptoms and finally being diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis and adenomyosis, I was told I should have a hysterectomy.

It was not only the recommendation itself. It was how quickly it felt as though my future had been decided for me.

I know so many women with endometriosis have left appointments feeling dismissed, frightened or completely stunned by something they were told.

What was said to you?

Share only what you feel comfortable sharing. You may help another woman feel less alone.

Ruksana x





01/08/2026

A few things I’ve picked up from women who seem to have their life together…

1. She says no without needing to prove she is still a good person.

2. She does things simply because they bring her joy, rather than to feel they are productive or earned.

3. She builds meals around protein, fibre and plenty of colour to support steadier energy and blood sugar.

4. She supports her digestion because a comfortable bowel movement every day is genuinely one of life’s greatest luxuries 🤪

5. She recognises that doing less can sometimes be the wiser choice.

6. She uses the four-quadrant priority matrix instead of treating every task like an emergency.
Important and urgent: do it.
Important, not urgent: schedule it.
Urgent, not important: delegate it.
Neither: delete it.

7. She avoids gossip and protects what she allows into her conversations.

8. When anger rises, she follows the Prophetic guidance: pause, change her position and calm down before responding.

9. She plans her day around salah instead of squeezing salah around her day.

10. She gets morning light before morning scrolling and trains according to her capacity, cycle and energy.

11. She seeks knowledge and invests in guidance instead of trying to figure everything out alone.

Having your life together does not mean doing everything.

It means knowing what matters.
Protecting your peace.
Caring for the body Allah entrusted you with.
Responding with intention.
And building a life that does not constantly pull you away from yourself or your faith.

Which one are you working on right now?

Ruksana x

29/07/2026

Sometimes a difficult season makes your whole life feel smaller.

You stop recognising yourself.
You wonder whether things will ever change.
You assume a closed door means there is no way forward.

But not every opening looks like relief straight away.

Sometimes it looks like understanding your body better.
Finding work that feels meaningful.
Learning to ask for help.
Or coming to know Allah in a way you never had before.

You may still be inside a season that feels closed.

That does not mean nothing is opening.

I’d love to know, what has Allah opened in your life through something you once saw only as loss?

28/07/2026

This condition can be so debilitating and so many women are living with symptoms they were never taught could be connected.

Awareness matters because endometriosis can affect your work, sleep, digestion, relationships and ability to function day to day.

You may experience:
1. Period pain that stops you standing, sleeping or working
2. Pelvic pain around ovulation or throughout the month
3. Shooting or stabbing pain in the va**na or re**um
4. Painful bowel movements, constipation, diarrhoea or re**al pressure
5. Bladder urgency, pressure or pain when passing urine
6. A swollen, tight and painful “endo belly”
Pain during or after s3x
7. Back, hip, groin, thigh or leg pain
8. Heavy bleeding, clotting or prolonged periods
9. Crushing fatigue, nausea and difficulty concentrating
10. Cyclical chest, rib or shoulder-tip pain
11. Breathlessness or coughing around your period

What would you add from your own experience?

My Beyond the Pain Scale workbook is linked in my bio if you want help tracking the symptoms a 0–10 pain score can miss.

It helps you record flares, recovery time, body-system patterns, daily-life impact and what to take into appointments. All in one guided workbook.

Ruksana x

28/07/2026

For years, I struggled to explain what endometriosis pain actually felt like.

“Bad period pain” never came close.

Sometimes it feels like kidney-stone pain.
Sometimes like labour contractions.
Sometimes like my bowel is twisting.
Sometimes it burns or shoots into my hips and legs.
Sometimes it is a sudden, sharp pain on one side.

And sometimes, it feels like several of these at once.💔

That is the difficult part about endometriosis pain.

It does not always feel the same.
It does not always stay in one place.
It does not always end when your period does.

💛Share this with someone who needs to understand what endometriosis pain can actually feel like.

Ruksana x

28/07/2026

daily pain → learning to understand my body → helping other women do the same

my message to you is simple…

your diagnosis may explain what has been happening in your body, but it does not get to decide the size of your life.

for years, i suppressed the pain, pushed through and thought this was simply something i had to live with.

when i was finally diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis and adenomyosis, i grieved the person i felt pain had taken away from me.

then i started becoming more body aware.

i trained in functional nutrition, women’s hormone health and nutrigenomics. i learnt how nutrition, movement, stress, sleep, the nervous system and my wider health patterns could influence how i felt.

today, i am no longer living in constant daily pain.

i still live with endometriosis. i still have flares. but pain no longer defines my identity or runs every part of my life.

now i help other women understand their symptoms, recognise their patterns and build more function and capacity too.

you are more than what happened to your body.

and your story may become the very thing that helps someone else feel less alone. 🫶🏽

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