Personal Narrative: The Absence Of The Homeless

“The uterus is absent” –Dr Feldman.

I grew up in a big family: my dad had two brothers and a sister, my mom had two sisters, and both had countless cousins, all with countless amounts of children. Yet, growing up in such a small Haitian community, family did not solely consist of blood relatives; my parents’ best friends were my aunts and uncles, their children were my cousins, and my own friends were my siblings. Despite everyone being considered family, there was always the idea of two parents and their children living together as a unit. Consequently, my expectations were always the same: I would grow up, study hard, get a job, marry the person I loved and raise children of my own. Having said so, I was never opposed to other lifestyle
At the tender age of 15, I was still waiting on the first sign that I had officially become a woman: my period. Being the only girl in my class with the absence of the monthly pains ironically became quite disturbing; I was yearning for those menstrual cramps that were long overdue. Coming from a country with such little resources, the doctor blamed the absence of my uterus on the shoddy machine she was using. However, I thought even with the poorest machine quality, at least a little gray blob should have been visible… I was praying to see that gray blob. I grew suspicious every passing second, even more so when she concluded with nothing. It was then that I started my research and became aware of MRKH.
Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser Syndrome is a congenital disorder that affects the female reproductive organs. Simply put, these organs do not develop. It affects nearly 1 in every 5000 female babies born each year, but most women don’t get diagnosed until the ages of 15-18, with the absence of the oh-so-normal
Beforehand, the medical field peaked my interest, however, after my diagnosis, I took a step back and realized the plethora of unknown there is in science: loads of people lose their battles to cancer, ALS still takes lives, and diabetes has not been cured yet. In other words, although science can explain tons of phenomena, countless of diseases and syndromes have not been completely cured or even understood yet.
My diagnosis pushed me to want to enter the medical field to understand, and hopefully cure MRKH: I want to understand my body. In addition, I want to help as many people as possible get rid of their life-changing diseases, I want to advance medicine to finally give birth to my child, finally exterminate cancer, finally give an individual their chance at life.
Although MRKH has affected my initial life plans, it has given me the opportunity to pursue something different: it has pushed me to want to help as many people as possible, whether it is today or in the future generations. I want to study medicine to help as many people as I can, and the absence of my uterus helped me understand