Bindi Irwin shares candid health update
Bindi Irwin has shared a candid health update, while sharing details of her gruelling road to receiving a diagnosis for endometriosis.
The wildlife warrior first shared that she was suffering with the condition, which effects one in nine women, in March 2023, as she revealed she was living in constant pain.
Now, the 25-year-old told People magazine that it took 10 years to be diagnosed, after being “tested for everything” after experiencing extreme fatigue, pain and nausea over the span of a decade.
“It’s so hard because you feel like it’s inescapable,” she told the publication.
“You don’t know what’s wrong with you, and then when people tell you ‘It’s all in your head’ or ‘you’re hormonal’ or ‘just have a cup of tea, lay down,’ you end up feeling so desperately alone because there’s no answers.”
In August 2022, Bindi pushed to undergo an explorative laparoscopy to explore her organs in the abdomen and pelvis.
“I was so scared that they wouldn’t find anything because we had run out of everything else to test for,” Irwin said.
The surgery revealed she had 37 lesions and cysts on her ovaries, and was formally diagnosed with endometriosis.
Following specialised treatment and surgery, the conservationist said she feels “like I have a second chance at life ... I feel brand new”.
“It’s not like a light switch, but every week I feel like I’m able to do a little bit more,” she said.
“Now I wake up in the morning, and I don’t have to take anti-nausea medicine or have my heat pack."
“Being able to go for a walk with my daughter and not feeling like I have to throw up in the bushes is just wild to me.”
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