Bindi Irwin has posted an encouraging personal message about her journey to an endometriosis diagnosis and her bliss after pain-relieving surgery. “There’s stigma around this awful disease,” the “Crikey! It’s the Irwins” star said, and she wants other women in the same situation to have hope — something she didn’t have in the middle of her path to a diagnosis.
“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 visit, scans, etc.,” the conservationist, zookeeper and daughter of the late Steve Irwin wrote Tuesday on social media, posting a photo of herself in a hospital bed with a smile on her face.
Endometriosis is a painful condition caused by endometrial tissue — the uterine lining — growing outside of the uterus, where it thickens and bleeds during menstrual cycles.
