Meet California State Representative, LaQuinda McCoy

RISING STARS IN ENDOMETRIOSIS ACTIVISM

We are excited to introduce LaQuinda McCoy, a dedicated Endometriosis Activist originally from Louisiana, but now residing in Los Angeles. LaQuinda is now on board to travel to the California State Capitol in Sacramento as State Representative for Endo Advocacy Day 2020. You can learn more about LaQuinda below and can follow her on Twitter here or on Instagram here or here!

RECRUITING FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVES

If you would like to travel to your State Capitol to meet with elected officials as part of next year’s Endo Advocacy Day (Friday, March 27, 2020), just click here to schedule a phone appointment with one of our EndoMarch team members so that you can learn more. In the interim, you can click here to keep track of how many State Representatives we have on board already.

ABOUT LAQUINDA MCCOY

My Endo Journey started shortly after moving to Los Angeles 16 years ago. I remember going to the ER every other weekend in debilitating pain, with no explanations. I kept getting chocolate cyst that would rupture and was diagnosed with fibroids.

After a couple of years of no solid treatment plan other than birth control and ibuprofen; I decided to see a different GYN. On first visit he told me he think I may have endometriosis but the only way to verify is with an exploratory laparoscopy. Desperate for a diagnosis and pain relief I opted to have the procedure in which he didn’t remove the endometriosis; instead he gave me Lupron, which induces menopause to help with the pain.

I’ve now had a total of three surgeries and countless rounds of Lupron; going through four GYN physicians before finding a specialist who performed my last surgery in 2015. I remember the physician saying “ I thought you had more endo based off all the pain you said you were in” during my post op after my second surgery. That statement made me feel like I was exaggerating my symptoms, which was not the case. I just got tired of leaving my appointments feeling hopeless and defeated with no support. I’ve shared my knowledge to help co-workers and friends, who were able to seek a specialist and get diagnosed.

Most people have never heard the word Endometriosis and I’ve always wanted to advocate and contribute on a larger scale. I think I just got tired of being in chronic pain, not having a cure, being told to get pregnant, not having a clear understanding to why this is happening to me, and not having a way to definitively diagnose endo without surgery. After going to my first Worldwide EndoMarch last year, I decided the timing was right to take a STAND!