Latest news with #EndometriosisAwarenessMonth
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Meet a woman navigating life with endometriosis
March has been Endometriosis Awareness Month. The condition affects millions of women worldwide, yet remains under-discussed and misunderstood. Meet a woman living with endometriosis.
CBC
31-03-2025
- Health
- CBC
Meet a woman navigating life with endometriosis
March has been Endometriosis Awareness Month. The condition affects millions of women worldwide, yet remains under-discussed and misunderstood. Meet a woman living with endometriosis.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Michigan woman shares her experience suffering from Endometriosis
HASLETT, Mich.(WLNS)—A Mid-Michigan woman shares her journey about her on-going struggle with Endometriosis. Endometriosis is a condition where tissue from the lining of the uterus grows in other parts of the body, often causing pain and even putting a woman's fertility at risk. March is Endometriosis Awareness Month and Maddie Mehigh says she constantly uses her heating pad to combat painful cramps caused by the disorder. 'For me, it's in my abdomen, my ribcage, mostly, and then it gets into my back pretty severely,' said Mehigh. Mehigh was diagnosed with Endometriosis at 13 years old and says her condition makes even the simplest things like going to school and working, twice as hard. 'I've missed a lot of days of school due to it,' said Mehigh. 'I was always very very sick.' It's a condition that brings many women unbearable pain and unfortunately comes with common misconceptions. 'People often assume it's just a period disease, and it's very much not that,' said Mehigh. 'It's found from head to toe. People often think you can be too young to have it.' Because the disorder isn't visible on the outside, many people don't understand the severity of her discomfort. 'I've had several doctors tell me that I just need to see a psychiatrist,' said Mehigh. 'I was accused of being bulimic by one doctor because I was throwing up so often from not being able to keep the food down because of the inflammation was so intense.' As March slowly comes to an end, she hopes her story can shine a light on an illness, many women suffer with. 'There's the Endometriosis awareness group, and there's also Endometriosis of Michigan,' said Mehigh. 'Also educating your family and your friends on how they can support you is important.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Taylour Paige pregnant with first child
Taylour Paige is expecting her first child. The Zola actress announced her pregnancy news on Instagram on Monday by posting a photo in which she wore a form-fitting white dress that hugged her baby bump. She did not caption the post. The 34-year-old received congratulatory messages in the comments from fellow celebrities. "Omg YEASSS. Sooo happy for you," wrote Lily Collins, who became a mum in January, while Aja Naomi King posted, "Oh Congratulations," with multiple heart emojis. Actors Rachel Zegler, Julia Fox, Laura Harrier and Jay Ellis also reacted to Taylour's happy news. This will be the first child for the Ma Rainey's Black Bottom actress and her fashion designer husband Rivington Starchild, who have been married since October 2022. Earlier this month, Taylour opened up about her battle with endometriosis, a disease in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside of it. In an Instagram post, she revealed that she experienced "so much agony and turmoil" over the 20 years it went undiagnosed. She underwent surgery in 2023 and candidly shared pictures of her scars in honour of Endometriosis Awareness Month. Taylour experienced her breakout film role with Zola in 2020, but she has also starred in the TV show Hit the Floor and the films Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Mack & Rita and White Boy Rick.
BBC News
24-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Women with endometriosis in Suffolk share their stories
When Kynleigh Parker was told there was nothing wrong with her as she battled excruciating period pains, she began to believe she was "a drama queen".Since the age of 13 she had suffered with symptoms, but as she entered her 20s, she knew it was not just in her to find an answer, Miss Parker, from Sudbury, Suffolk, demanded help and was eventually diagnosed with is an incurable condition where cells similar to the ones in the lining of the uterus grow elsewhere in the body, affecting more than 1.5 million people in the Endometriosis Awareness Month, Miss Parker, along with two other women from the county, are keen to share the realities of this often debilitating condition. 'Hysterically crying' As a teenager, Miss Parker was told by doctors her agonising periods were nothing to worry about and she was prescribed hormonal contraception to manage the flare ups worsened as she got older, to the point where she would be "hysterically crying" with painkillers doing nothing to one "really bad" bout, she was offered an ultrasound and internal scan."I came away from that and they said, 'You're absolutely fine, there's nothing wrong with you'," the 26-year-old explained."I thought maybe it was in my head, maybe I am a drama queen."A gynaecologist later suggested it could be endometriosis, and in July 2022 a laparoscopy to assess her uterus confirmed it. After some delays outside of her control and after freezing her eggs, Miss Parker had surgery to remove the endometriosis in January last year."I could never have prepared my body for that surgery," she said."I thought I'd feel rough for a week... it was five weeks later when I went back to work."Miss Parker says it took seven to eight months until she "felt internally healed" and she is now 95% symptom explained she froze her eggs after doctors said her endometriosis may impact her chances of getting pregnant in the the condition does not necessarily cause infertility, according to Endometriosis UK it can cause fertility problems, but due to lack of research it is not fully known why."I'm trying to remain positive because maybe I'll be the person that doesn't need another surgery," she added."I'm really hoping nothing grows back." Twenty six years of pain Lorraine Clarke, 63, from Oulton Broad, similarly started to notice pain before, during and after her periods from the age of control to manage the pain never helped and she was also misdiagnosed with an appendix passed before Mrs Clarke demanded to see a could not find anything wrong with her and she was also offered a laparoscopy."They had a look in my womb in three different areas and that's when I found out that I had endometriosis," she this point she was 41 - she had gone 26 years without knowing what was wrong with her as well as why she never conceived a child. "I had a full hysterectomy and when I had my operation the gynaecologist came to my bed and said, 'Lorraine, did you ever wonder why you couldn't have any children?'," Mrs Clarke continued."After she had left I was in tears, that did upset me. "I wanted two boys and a girl, but that didn't happen because of endometriosis."Since her operation, Mrs Clarke said she had been "relatively fine", but still experienced sharp the past week she had been back to the doctor and referred for an ultrasound."I wouldn't wish for my worst enemy to have endometriosis," she added."It is a horrible, horrible disease. It is horrendous." 'Bruised internally' In late 2007, Michelle Chambers, from Sudbury, experienced worsening period pains, feeling "bruised internally" with "sharp stabbing pains".An initial appointment found no issues, but after a procedure to remove pre-cancerous cells following a smear test, doctors suspected was diagnosed in 2009 and had an operation to remove the endometriosis in 2010, but three months later it had regrown despite doctors telling her it was not Chambers had another operation in 2011 where she also had her fallopian tubes tied to prevent any pregnancies. "When I had to make that decision to be sterilised, even though it was my decision, I grieved for that child," said the 44-year-old."I'd hoped to have a second." The endometriosis continued to grow back with another operation in 2012 under a new doctor, and in 2013 it was decided if she was still in pain she would have a hysterectomy. "The hysterectomy happened six weeks after my wedding day, so that was our honeymoon," she said."It's a long, long recovery period, I wasn't expecting that."In 2015 the endometriosis was removed again, but despite having pains in 2017, the endometriosis has not grown back. "It does try and break you because the bad days are horrendous, the tiredness is absolutely crazy, you just can't describe it," she said."Thankfully I'm one of the lucky ones. "I've had a partner who has stood by me the whole time, we've laughed a lot, we have been stubborn, I've made sure I researched a lot, listened to my body and made choices that were right for me." 'Let down' A spokesperson for NHS England said: "The experiences of many women affected by endometriosis aren't good enough, with many waiting for too long before they get adequate treatment and diagnosis."They added the NHS was rolling out women's health hubs and raising more awareness of the condition to help diagnose patients quicker.A Department for Health and Social Care spokesperson added: "This government inherited an NHS where women wait up to 10 years for an endometriosis diagnosis - they have been let down for too long, but we are determined to change that." Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
