By Ruby For six straight years, I have been told that period pain was just part of being a woman. Now at the age of 19, I cannot believe I went through my teenage years dealing with so much pain and having no answers for so many aspects affecting my day-to-day life. Every time I doubled over in pain or missed school because I couldn’t get out of bed, spending hours on the bathroom floor dealing with nausea, vomiting, and excruciating pain - I was told it was 'normal'. For six