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Emma Barnett: We can't ignore this disease that leaves one in 10 women like me in agony

· By Emma Barnett
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Chloe is making one of the hardest decisions a woman can make. After previous surgery failed to reduce the "horrendous" pain caused by her endometriosis, she is planning to have hysterectomy at the age of 26 - removing her womb and ending her chances of having a child.

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