Padma Lakshmi recalls painful endometriosis battle: ‘I was really forlorn’
02.05.2024 - 16:55
/ nypost.com
an agonizing condition that occurs when uterine-like tissue grows outside the uterus.“I’ve had five different procedures. And I was very, very lucky to have my daughter — she was basically a miracle because … I was told I couldn’t have children,” the “Taste the Nation” creator, 53, told The Post.“I had one of my fallopian tubes removed and part of my left ovary removed by the time everything was said and done,” she added.
“And I was really forlorn, as you can imagine. But on the other hand, once I got on the other side of the pain, I saw what life was like for normal women — and it was a game changer.”Dr.
Tamer Seckin, an NYC board-certified gynecologist and laparoscopic surgeon, identified and treated Lakshmi’s endometriosis by carefully excising tissue. The two co-founded EndoFound, a nonprofit that raises awareness and funds research on endometriosis, which affects about 10% of US women 15-44 years old.EndoFound is celebrating its 15th anniversary and honoring Bindi Irwin, 25, on Friday at Gotham Hall at its annual Blossom Ball.Irwin revealed her endometriosis battle last year, undergoing surgery at the Seckin Endometriosis Center in Lenox Hill Hospital.“For Bindi Irwin to go out and say, ‘The doctors removed 37 lesions from me.
Everybody told me A-B-C-D, which didn’t work. Nobody believes me.
I had this procedure. I feel different, and it’s been a year — my life has changed.’ This is so impactful,” Seckin told The Post.No one knows for sure what causes endometriosis — but it’s known to cause excruciating menstrual cramps, pelvic and lower back pain, pain during sex, heavy bleeding during periods and infertility.Experts say that 25% to 50% of infertile women have endometriosis, and 30% to 50% of endometriosis patients
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