“It’s really frustrating(令人沮丧的) to be in this cycle of continuous surgery(不断手术的循环). It makes you feel helpless,” says Natalie Greenwood, of a condition that affects her so badly she is “non-functioning(无法正常生活的) most of the time because of the constant fatigue(疲劳)”.
“陷入这种不断手术的循环，真的让人非常沮丧。这让你感到无助，”娜塔莉·格林伍德说道。这种疾病对她影响极大，她“因为持续的疲劳，大部分时间都无法正常生活”。
Greenwood, 36, needs to have an operation every few years to limit the impact of the endometriosis(子宫内膜异位症) that gives her chronic pelvic pain(慢性盆腔疼痛), as well as extreme tiredness and brain fog(脑雾).
36岁的格林伍德每隔几年就需要做一次手术，以减轻子宫内膜异位症带来的影响。这种病让她长期盆腔疼痛，还伴有极度疲惫和脑雾。
She says the trouble with depending on surgery is not just having an invasive procedure and then having to recover afterwards.(她说，依赖手术的问题不仅在于要接受一次侵入性手术，然后还得术后恢复。) It’s more that the benefit gained – the relief from persistent(持续的) pain – is brief.
她说，依赖手术的问题不仅在于要接受一次侵入性手术，然后还得术后恢复。更大的问题在于，手术带来的好处——从持续疼痛中解脱——非常短暂。