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Jordyn’s first experience with endometriosis occurred in 2017, when she was forced to leave work due to severe right-sided pain. After an emergency room visit, she was referred to a gynecologist who discovered a 9 mm endometrioma and recommended laparoscopic surgery. Jordyn underwent her first surgery in December 2017, where endometriosis was officially diagnosed. The surgery was considered successful, and for six years, her pain did not return.

 

In May 2021, Jordyn and Erich decided to start a family. Over the course of one year, this resulted in five miscarriages. They pursued two rounds of IVF at a fertility clinic in Raleigh, both of which were unsuccessful. Unable to afford further treatment, they chose to continue trying naturally and hoped for a miracle.

The IVF hormones, however, came with devastating consequences. Since the final round in May 2023, Jordyn’s endometriosis has returned aggressively. She has experienced debilitating pain every month, often lasting days or weeks at a time. Two additional emergency room visits, four physicians, countless birth control regimens and medications, and another laparoscopic surgery in 2024 have failed to provide relief.

 

On February 12, 2025, Jordyn lost her mother, Joey Ballentine, after a four-month hospital stay. Joey was unforgettable—a woman you only needed to meet once. She marched for women’s rights in the 1970s and was a Stage IV breast cancer survivor. During her mother’s hospitalization, Jordyn learned that her endometriosis had spread to her bowel and that a hysterectomy and possible colectomy may be the only way to prevent irreversible damage.

 

In October 2025, after yet another emergency room visit, Jordyn was first told she likely also has adenomyosis. She began joining endometriosis and adenomyosis support groups on Facebook and Reddit, where she was deeply moved by the overwhelming number of people fighting to be heard, believed, and properly treated. As she researched the lack of funding for these diseases, the reality was shocking.

 

Motivated by her mother’s fighting spirit and the voices of countless others, this rally began as a single Reddit post in October 2025 asking who would stand together in Washington, D.C., to demand more research funding. Over the following months, it grew into the movement it is today. Endometriosis and adenomyosis have taken things Jordyn can never get back—not only the chance to have children, but also pieces of her life and time she will never recover. But they also forged someone new. The version of her who stopped when things became difficult or retreated in the face of criticism is gone. Jordyn has not given up, despite negativity and doubt, and she never will.

 

This rally is dedicated to every person suffering from endometriosis and adenomyosis; to her partner in this movement, Samantha Hudson, who designed the website and has worked tirelessly to make this rally possible; to her husband, Erich, who continues to learn, grow, and support their family as Jordyn’s illness has limited her ability to work; and most of all, to her mother, Joey—who raised a warrior, and now, an Endo Warrior.