The Silent Struggle
“It felt like my organs were being crushed,” shared Allison Fisher, a 20-year-old woman from Florida, as she recounted her harrowing experience with a 100-pound ovarian cyst. For most of 2020, Fisher had been experiencing stomach pain and unpredictable periods that lasted almost a year. However, she hesitated to seek medical assistance due to the fear of being judged and forced to lose weight, a common response she had encountered in the past for unrelated health issues like colds or ear infections.
