Welcome

Hello all...welcome to the introductory post for silent tears. I am a writer by education and trade. I have been inspired to start this blog after going through many struggles of my own as well as meeting many other brave and beautiful women in person and online who have gone through similar issues. Most people do not know what it is like to be laughed out of an emergency room when they are in so much pain that they can't walk. Unfortunately, these type of circumstances are a reality for the thousands upon thousands of women world wide who suffer from illnesses of the pelvic and bladder region. Many doctors are just not educated enough on these invisible disabilities making it hard for women to be diagnosed. I hope this blog is a place where awareness can be spread, treatment tips can be posted, women can come to have someone to relate to and most importantly a place where people outside the pelvic pain world will learn that these conditions exist and that our pain is real. You can't see diabetes, you can't see cancer, you can't see high blood pressure and so fourth yet the public knows about these conditions. Just because you can't see bladder and pelvic pain does not mean that it is not real. If we can live in a world of sexy movies and reality stars parading around half naked, then we can live in a place where it is not taboo to talk about pain below the belt.

Although this site is mostly devoted to bladder and pelvic specific pain, I also support ALL women (and people in general) suffering from an invisible condition. 

To all the women out there suffering in silence you are not alone. Please speak up. Please stop crying silent tears.