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News24
3 hours ago
- Health
- News24
I had 51 endometriosis lesions removed: Bindi Irwin on her life-changing surgery
Bindi Irwin is on the mend. The nature conservationist says she's feeling better, just three months after she had to have emergency surgery for a burst appendix. The operation, which happened in May, is just the latest in a series of health problems she's had over the years. In a detailed post on Instagram, Bindi (27) wrote, '13 years of fighting for answers. 51 endometriosis lesions, a chocolate cyst, and my appendix were all removed across two surgeries with @seckinmd. ''My hernia from giving birth that was unzipping was taken care of. I can FINALLY say that I'm feeling better. Genuinely healing. 'I can function in everyday life without wanting to throw up or pass out from the pain. Slowly, slowly gaining my strength back.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bindi Irwin (@bindisueirwin) READ MORE | How to find out if you're as strong and healthy as you should be for your age The mother of one previously shared how her appendix operation turned out to be a blessing in disguise. While doctors were operating on her for that, they found another 14 lesions from her endometriosis. Bindi, who has been vocal about her battle with the condition, wants the stigma removed around speaking about women's health. It's particularly important for Bindi as she has a daughter Grace (4) and doesn't want her to go through what she did. She is, however, happy her daughter takes after her grandfather, Steve. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Terri Irwin (@terriirwincrikey) READ MORE | Crikey! Aussie conservationist Robert Irwin's become a budgie smuggler! Like the famed conservationist, Grace wants to feed the crocodiles at the Australian Zoo, where she lives. 'Grace, oh my goodness, she is a wild child. I mean, she has my dad's personality. I did not expect that having a little one. I was like, 'Where did this come from?' Oh, my dad,' says Bindi. She says that just like her dad did with her, she's slowly teaching her daughter about animals and how to read their cues and body language. 'That's what my parents did with me. It was a slow progression as I got older,' Bindi says. 'And then it kind of like becomes second nature.' Her parents are never far from her mind, particularly her dad, who died when Bindi was just eight years old. 'Time changes your grief,' she says. 'Time changes things and your perspective and everything. But I know firsthand that the grief and the sadness and the feeling of loss from losing dad – that feeling is just a part of me. It's like a scar on your heart.'
News.com.au
a day ago
- Health
- News.com.au
Bindi Irwin shares life-changing health update after decade-long battle
Bindi Irwin has given a heartwarming update in her long battle with endometriosis following her diagnosis in 2023, which came after a decade of chronic pain. In a post on Instagram, Bindi went into detail about her years-long struggle and revealed that after her latest surgery she is 'finally' beginning to feel like she is 'healing' for the first time. '51 endometriosis lesions, a cyst, and my appendix were all removed across two surgeries with @seckinmd. My hernia from giving birth that was unzipping - was taken care of. I can FINALLY say that I'm feeling better. Genuinely healing.' Bindi previously underwent emergency surgery in May, which meant she missed a gala honouring her late father. 'I can function in everyday life without wanting to throw up or pass out from the pain. Slowly, slowly gaining my strength back,' her latest post continued. 'I cannot express the gravity of my emotions as I am beginning to recognise myself again. 'I felt utterly ashamed as a teenager and young adult being told that my pain was just part of being a woman. 'I felt lesser. I felt hurt. I felt weak. That is not OK.' She concluded: 'Young girls and women shouldn't feel alone with pain in the driver's seat of their lives. 'We need to take away the stigma of talking about women's health. It's time to have open discussions and make change on a global scale.' Last year, Bindi shared that she had been suffering for years with endometriosis. Her story quickly resonated with hundreds of thousands of other Aussie women who had been struggling in silence. While she was nervous to open up publicly, she's now grateful she was brave enough to do so. 'It is scary when you open up about your most vulnerable and painful times, when you talk about when you felt you were sitting in a very large hole and didn't know if you were going to crawl out,' she told Courier Mail. Before she shared her story, Bindi revealed that she struggled with people judging her without being aware of the battle she was fighting privately. 'It took me so long to talk about it, nobody knew what was happening to me except my mum (Terri Irwin), my brother Robert and my husband Chandler (Powell). 'Everyone else thought I was becoming this flaky person because I would bow out of commitment after commitment at the last minute because I was in so much pain,' she added before explaining how uncomfortable she was with being asked when she planned on having more children. 'When I went through endo and people would ask, 'When are you and Chandler having another child?' I used to think, 'If you could see on the outside what it feels like on the inside you would never ask.' It would completely change the way you approach somebody. 'You know, some people don't want another child, some can't have another child, and some people have gone through enormous loss and heartbreak before they have their much wanted child.'
Yahoo
a day ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Bindi Irwin had appendix and 51 endometriosis lesions removed in health battle
Bindi Irwin has had her appendix and "51 endometriosis lesions" removed. The 27-year-old star - whose is the daughter of late Crocodile Hunter legend Steve Irwin - has given an update amid her long battle with endometriosis following her diagnosis in 2023, which came after a decade of chronic pain. She wrote on Instagram this week alongside a smiling selfie: "13 years of fighting for answers. "51 endometriosis lesions, a chocolate cyst, and my appendix were all removed across two surgeries with @seckinmd. "My hernia from giving birth that was unzipping - was taken care of. "I can FINALLY say that I'm feeling better. Genuinely healing." Endometriosis is a disease where abnormal tissue grows outside the uterus. Bindi underwent emergency surgery in May, which meant she missed a gala honouring her late father. Now, she added that after her health struggles - which she's been very candid about with fans - she's finally able to "function" again. She continued: "I can function in everyday life without wanting to throw up or pass out from the pain. Slowly, slowly gaining my strength back. "I cannot express the gravity of my emotions as I am beginning to recognise myself again. "I felt utterly ashamed as a teenager and young adult being told that my pain was just part of being a woman. "I felt lesser. I felt hurt. I felt weak. That is not ok." The conservationist and activist - who has daughter Grace Warrior, four, with husband Chandler Powell - is keen to get rid of the "stigma" around conversations about women's health and healthcare. She concluded: "Young girls and women shouldn't feel alone with pain in the driver's seat of their lives. "We need to take away the stigma of talking about women's health. It's time to have open discussions and make change on a global scale." Bindi missed her late dad's annual gala in May after rupturing her appendix, and her brother Robert explained her absence at the time. He told PEOPLE magazine: "She's going to be OK, but surgery - out of all the things we were ready for, that was not one of them. She's just come out the other side of endometriosis and now the appendix goes. Health is so important - it really is."
