Endometriosis: Kerry woman fearing medical negligence 'ready to put in a formal complaint'

It is estimated 155,000 women are affected by endometriosis in Ireland. With March being the awareness month for the condition, Manon Gilbart meets some of the people battling it

Emma Cotter: 'Endometriosis has robbed me of so many years of my life.'

A Kerry woman has said she is ready to file a complaint after being told a laparoscopy found she had “no endometriosis”, before being diagnosed with stage 3 of the condition two months later.

In 2023, Emma Cotter, aged 38, discovered she had adenomyosis after getting two MRIs and two ultrasounds in a private clinic, which found she had the condition, fused ovaries, ovarian cysts and lesions.