She knew what endometriosis was. Tissue from the uterine lining growing where it shouldn’t—on ovaries, on bowels, on the lining of the pelvis. But in the navel ?
She ignored it for three months. Then it bled. navel endometriosis
Dr. Ionescu didn’t say “coincidence.” She didn’t reach for a penlight. She reached for an ultrasound wand. She knew what endometriosis was
When she woke, her belly was flat and clean. The bruise was gone. The phantom cramp in her navel was silent. She looked down at the neat, healing incision where her belly button used to be. It wasn't a perfect dimple anymore. It was a small, straight scar. A scar that, for the first time in two years, did not bleed. straight scar. A scar that