"What She Said"
I was reading this article from People. What Padma Lakshmi has to say about her life with Endometriosis resonates with me for so many reasons.
What she said. ^^^ I had one week blocked out on my calendar every month. After too many years of being stopped dead in my tracks by painful periods I learned to plan my life around that week every month.
Yep, exactly what she said. ^^^
^^^ Yes! This is such a key point. Advanced excision specialists like the surgeon who did my surgery advocate for early surgical intervention. This means at any time a woman is having Endo symptoms, do surgery, don't wait! The typical doctors I'd been to over the years all said they would see me again if I was having fertility issues. In the meantime they would not touch the disease. To find out later that early advanced excision surgery very likely would have saved my fertility, is simply heartbreaking.
Yes! ^^^ The birth of my one and only (son-shine) in 2009 has made me one lucky mommy! I beat the odds! However I now have secondary infertility due to how severe my Endo was. My son is one good reason for me to promote accurate information about Endometriosis. More women can be moms with proper surgical care. I am able be a better mom now that I feel better since having my surgery! That one week of the month that used to be off limits, is a thing of the past! I still tend to slow down a little but I'm no longer stopped dead in my tracks.
“I had to stay home several days a month from school. I missed a week of my life for 23 years.”
What she said. ^^^ I had one week blocked out on my calendar every month. After too many years of being stopped dead in my tracks by painful periods I learned to plan my life around that week every month.
“I wanted to raise awareness so that no young girl has to wonder what is wrong with her like I did for so many years,” she says.
Yep, exactly what she said. ^^^
“I was told I would never have children naturally, that I only had a 10 to 15 percent of having them in vitro,” she recalls.
“When you’re staring down the barrel of your 40th birthday and you hear that you can’t have kids because this disease went unchecked and undiagnosed for so many years, it’s devastating.”
^^^ Yes! This is such a key point. Advanced excision specialists like the surgeon who did my surgery advocate for early surgical intervention. This means at any time a woman is having Endo symptoms, do surgery, don't wait! The typical doctors I'd been to over the years all said they would see me again if I was having fertility issues. In the meantime they would not touch the disease. To find out later that early advanced excision surgery very likely would have saved my fertility, is simply heartbreaking.
That is why she calls the birth of her daughter, Krishna, in 2010, “a miracle.” She says, “I’m so lucky to have her. Her middle name is Thea, which means ‘gift from God.’ ”
Yes! ^^^ The birth of my one and only (son-shine) in 2009 has made me one lucky mommy! I beat the odds! However I now have secondary infertility due to how severe my Endo was. My son is one good reason for me to promote accurate information about Endometriosis. More women can be moms with proper surgical care. I am able be a better mom now that I feel better since having my surgery! That one week of the month that used to be off limits, is a thing of the past! I still tend to slow down a little but I'm no longer stopped dead in my tracks.
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