"It Breaks Your Heart": Bindi Irwin Is Telling People To Stop Asking Her When She'll Have More Kids Amid Endometriosis
Earlier this year, Bindi Irwin opened up about her struggles with endometriosis.
According to Mayo Clinic, endometriosis is a painful disorder where tissue similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus grows outside your uterus.
In an Instagram post, she revealed that she lived with insurmountable fatigue, pain, and nausea for over a decade. "A doctor told me it was simply something you deal with as a woman, and I gave up entirely, trying to function through the pain," she wrote.
Due to the pain affecting every aspect of her life, she finally decided to have surgery, where they found 37 lesions and a cyst on her ovary. Afterward, a doctor asked how she'd lived with the pain for so long, and she described that as "validation for years of pain."
"I’m aware of millions of women struggling with a similar story. There’s stigma around this awful disease. I’m sharing my story for anyone who reads this and is quietly dealing with pain and no answers. Let this be your validation that your pain is real, and you deserve help," she concluded.
In a recent interview with People, the 25-year-old said she was tested for everything before her diagnosis. "Every tropical disease, Lyme disease, cancer, you name it. I had every blood test and scan imaginable. It’s so hard because you feel like it’s inescapable. 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."
She also shared another painful aspect of endometriosis: people always asking if she'll have more kids.
"I feel like it is a universal question for women, which is heartbreaking because you never know what's going on in someone's life and what's happening behind closed doors."
