Improving outcomes for people living with endometriosis

— Support for you and those around you

— Access to specialist care

— Workplace programmes and research

All built from lived experience.

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Who frendo is for

  • For those living with endometriosis

    Track symptoms, get answers and connect with people who understand.

    frendo App

  • For those supporting someone

    Practical guidance for partners, family and friends.

    frendo App

  • For employers and managers

    Help colleagues with endometriosis stay well and do their best work.

    frendo@work

  • For researchers and industry

    Insight / intelligence shaped by thousands of real experiences.

    frendo Intelligence

Our impact

Global Community

Supporting women across the UK, Europe, Australia, the US and beyond.

50,000+ Tracking Interactions

Helping women understand symptoms and advocate for their health.

Workplace Health

Supporting employers to better support employees living with endometriosis.

Research & Advocacy

Using lived experience to inform research, healthcare and policy conversations.

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Your stories

Find some of our wonderful community, or frendos as we like to say, who have shared how they are living with endometriosis.

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Featured
Tanya’s Story
Tanya’s Story

As a doctor herself, Tanya was trained to support patients, however, her symptoms were dismissed time and time again.

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Jen’s Story
Jen’s Story

Endometriosis advocate and educator Jen Moore writes a letter to her younger self, exploring her endometriosis journey.

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Karen’s Story
Karen’s Story

So my story started when I was around 16 and suffered really badly with painful periods. Every month I was bedridden.

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More than an app

What began as a digital tool for people living with endometriosis has grown into a broader mission to improve outcomes through patient support, workplace programmes, research and advocacy.

Everything we do starts with listening to women and turning lived experience into meaningful change.

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🌟 Introducing: Symptom Spotlight 🌟⁠ ⁠ Our goal is to ensure that no one feels alone in their experience, no matter how taboo or difficult to describe these symptoms may be.⁠ ⁠ 🩺 Endometriosis is a full-body condition that impacts all parts of the
⁠ 🌸 Let's talk about assumptions in healthcare 🌸 ⁠ ⁠ Heteronormativity is the societal assumption that heterosexual relationships are the norm, and other forms of sexuality are deviant or abnormal.⁠ ⁠ 🩺 Heteronormativity impacts endometriosis in s
When managing chronic illness feels like drowning in a sea of paperwork 📄🤦‍♀️⁠ ⁠ But really, how can we keep afloat?! Some of our key tips are listed below but share yours too, we are always looking for more ways to feel less like ⁠ ⁠ 🌟Create
🌸 You are more than endometriosis 🌸⁠ ⁠ While endometriosis is a significant part of your journey, it doesn't define your entire story. Inside you're resilient, strong, determind, full of passions and talents. ⁠ ⁠ Every day, you show incredible cour
We mean it when we always say, frendo is for everyone 🏳️‍⚧️💛 ⁠ ⁠ We at frendo don't pretend to know what it is like to live as a trans person with this disease, so we are grateful to those of you who do, and share so openly with us so we can ke
Sometimes we wish we could put our brains on Do Not Disturb too🥱 What is your best tip for getting good rest when you are dealing with endo symptoms?⁠ ⁠ -⁠ -⁠ -⁠ ⁠ #invisibleillness #spoonie #endometriosis #disability #endometriosisawarenessmonth #c
There is nothing we love more than community feedback like this 💘 ⁠ ⁠ To those who don't live with chronic illness, we may look like 'just another tracking app' but we, and our frendo members know we are so much more...⁠ ⁠ frendo is designed, built
Let's talk about DIAGNOSIS DELAY 👀⁠ ⁠ The average time it takes for a person to be diagnosed after the onset of Endometriosis symptoms is 10 years. For our founder it was 18, and for other frendos who've shared their story it's 20 and 25 years. ⁠ ⁠