Bindi Irwin Reveals She Underwent Endometriosis Surgery After 10 Years of ‘Insurmountable’ Pain
08.03.2023 - 02:05
/ usmagazine.com
Helping through healing. Bindi Irwin got candid about her decade-long battle with endometriosis, revealing that she underwent surgery for the uterine condition that caused her “insurmountable” pain.
The Dancing With the Stars season 21 winner, 24, opened up to fans about her harrowing ordeal via Instagram on Tuesday, March 7, sharing a smiling selfie in a hospital bed alongside a lengthy caption about her endometriosis experience.
“Dear Friends, I battled for a long time wondering if I should share this journey with you in such a public space. It came down to the responsibility I feel to share my story for other women who need help,” the Australia native wrote in the message. “For 10yrs I’ve struggled with insurmountable fatigue, pain & nausea. Trying to remain a positive person & hide the pain has been a very long road. These last 10yrs have included many tests, doctors visits, scans, etc. A doctor told me it was simply something you deal with as a woman & I gave up entirely, trying to function through the pain.”
Fortunately for Irwin, her friend Leslie Mosier — the owner of internet sensation Doug the Pug — helped the animal conservationist get on the “path” to get the assistance she needed.
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“I decided to undergo surgery for endometriosis,” Irwin shared. “Going in for surgery was scary but I knew I couldn’t live like I was. Every part of my life was getting torn apart because of the pain.”
Endometriosis, per Mayo Clinic, “is an often painful disorder in which tissue similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus — the endometrium — grows outside your uterus.” The medical site explains that it affects female reproductive organs — “endometriosis most