Joe Connolly

For 25 years, I watched my mother suffer from an undiagnosed menstrual pain condition. She was dismissed by clinicians, who would tell her "everyone's period hurts. Take some ibuprofen." But I saw first-hand what she was experiencing: being bed-bound for days every month, vomiting from the pain. No one should have to suffer for decades like my mother. It's time we close the gaps in women's health...