Kris talks about her story from 11 years old to now at 19. Elva joins us in this interview where Kris explains her symptoms, stomach issues, growing pains, and more. What doctors told her, like to lose weight. We chat about the medical system in the UK and Kris's long wait to have a surgical procedure after finally endo was suggested in March of 2020. *Good news, Kris is no on the waiting list for surgery! Listen in to the rest of her journey. Want to keep the conversation going? Join our Facebo...
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Ashley first had pain in 6th grade, cramps, leg pain, and back pain. At 17 years old endo was mentioned to her. She continued through the pain and had two children. During this time she began to have pain in her shoulder and ribcage during her cycle but all the tests came back normal. Finally, at 30 years old she was diagnosed with stage IV endo. Listen in to the rest of her journey. Want to keep the conversation going? Join our Facebook Group: tiny.cc/7mpbnz Want to watch it on YouTube? http://...
Feb 26, 2021•40 min
In 2014, Genika went to her doctor and discovered that she had two fibroids she needed to have surgery to prevent the growth further. She decided to have a partial hysterectomy. She healed up well, felt great, and was back at work soon after. Starting in 2015 she began to have chronic pain and it was getting worse as the months went on, she thought it may be hemorrhoids. She consulted with her doctors who suggested it may be chronic constipation. She was referred to a GI doctor, she was having p...
Feb 12, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode, we talk to Dr. Allyson Shrikhande, a board-certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialist and the Chief Medical Officer of Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine. She is also the Chair of the Medical Education Committee for the International Pelvic Pain Society . We talk about pelvic physical therapy, pelvic therapy as well as endo pain, and some tactics to help reduce the pain and inflammation. A reminder this podcast is not to replace treatment, always talk to your doctor. ...
Jan 29, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Hanna talks about her journey from high school to the present day as a Mother. She experienced lapses in her period and frequent UTI's, and it would take her months to recover from these infections. She went on BC as she started college, she had heavy periods and pain but thought it was normal. She did not tolerate this well and tried several BC. She stayed on this for years. She still had chronic UTIs while being on the pill. She reflects back on her family history and it seemed that most of th...
Jan 15, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Elva from episode 25 joins me with an acronym to help us remember the best ways to take care of ourselves this holiday season. H-Help O- Organized L- Let GO I- Inform D- Diet A- Anxiety Y- Year Listen in where we chat about tips that have helped us during the holiday season. Want to keep the conversation going? Join our Facebook Group: tiny.cc/7mpbnz Want to watch it on YouTube? http://tiny.cc/6cx6tz Thank you for listening and supporting this podcast. We need awareness about this disease. If yo...
Dec 18, 2020•22 min•Season 2Ep. 32
In Today's episode, I chat with another Melissa B from Texas. She is Integrative Health Coach & Neo Fertility Advisor. She helps womxn manage their menstrual cycles, reclaim their reproductive health, and optimize their wellbeing. We talk about her personal journey, with chronic fatigue, irregular periods, horrible back pain in high school that led her down the path to helping others with their menstrual health. You can check out her website here: https://www.melissabuchan.com/ Want to keep ...
Dec 04, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 31
In this episode, I chat with Sarah, we have a quick follow up chat about her excision surgery this summer, how she is feeling now and the paleo diet, and how it helps her. Listen to her first episode here: https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/ee559v Want to keep the conversation going? Join our Facebook Group: tiny.cc/7mpbnz Thank you for listening and supporting this podcast. We need awareness about this disease. If you want to be on the podcast or have feedback please reach out via my website w...
Nov 27, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 30
In this episode, I chat with the founders of Pollie; a marketplace for women's hormonal health that connects you to telehealth specialist. Jane who struggled with PCOS, talks about her journey, what PCOS is, and why she and Sabrina developed this online marketplace to help people on their hormonal health journey. We have a great conversation about why this marketplace is so needed for patients with endo & PCOS, as well as other hormonal conditions. This was a personal mission of Jane's to he...
Nov 13, 2020•40 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Mara is 36 years old from WI. She had heavy and long periods starting at 15 years old, at 17 years old she had her first GYN appointment where she was put on Birth Control which helped reduce her cramps, but as years went on in her twenties she began to have increased symptoms such as large blot clots, back pain, pain that felt like contractions and GI symptoms. At 26 she was googling and self-diagnosed with endo... about 6 weeks out from her wedding, 3 weeks before she got married she had surge...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Annie is 22 years old and from Flordia. She is a hairstylist and is on her feet most days all day, her first sign of Endo was when she was 11 years old, when she always had stomach issues and was diagnosed with IBSD when she began high school her period pain began to get worse mostly in her lower back. She always wondered why her friends were not "as sick" during their cycle. She was placed on birth control, and many different types, she began to miss school and only have about one good week a m...
Oct 19, 2020•49 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Ellen is now 48 and lives in Milwaukee, WI. Her mother is a nurse and always grew up with painful periods. At 16 years old when she began her cycle her cramps were mild. But at 18 years old she began to notice things were a bit off, she has intense fatigue and brain fog and if she laughed too hard she would pee a bit. Starting at this point her pain & fatigue began to interfere with her daily life. She did not tolerate birth control well and did not take it. She adjusted her life to live wit...
Sep 27, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Elva is 36 years old and from Ireland, where at this time we are not sure there are any doctors that perform excision surgery. At 17 years old she had a large cyst detected after years of burning pain and heavy periods. The cyst was removed but she was never told she has Endo. For years she continued to suffer on birth control and the copper IUD, she was ping-ponged from doctor to doctor in the UK and IRE, until she finally found someone who would listen. She has surgery on Dec 2109 which confir...
Sep 11, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Dani started her period at 15 years old, she had mild cramps growing up but did not really experience endo pain until she was in her late 20s. But when it came on, she was not sure what was wrong and was misdiagnosed several times before she found out she had Endo. She was told she may have ovarian cancer and needed to have surgery quickly for a 7cm cyst that grew quickly. We believe she had an ablation surgery* for stage IV endo in September of 2019 and she remains almost pain-free today. *exci...
Sep 04, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Abby started to feel off at 11 years old, but her period did not start until she was 16 years old. She would have a great deal of pain before her cycle started. Her pain increased in her 20's and she began to miss work, she was on the roller coaster of different birth controls. She was told by doctors the pain was from depression. She kept fighting and finally got diagnosed with Endo and she had THREE Endometriomas. She does also suffer from PMDD and chats about how she is managing that now. Lis...
Aug 22, 2020•56 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Sarah shares her journey with us, she had painful cramps early on at 13 years old. She knew something was off and was started on birth control at 14 years old. After fighting to be heard she had a laparoscopy at 18 years old and was told there was no Endo present. She was also told she had IBS and was going Doctor to Doctor to get someone to listen to her, she was convinced to try an IUD, which she had removed very soon after. Listen in to how she finally found a doctor that would listen, and ho...
Aug 07, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Anna and I talked last summer as she was recovering from pretty much 3 back to back surgeries. She was recovering from her latest thoracic excision at the time where a large Endometroma was hiding and found on her liver. (here is the original episode) https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e4os0t We chat about how to recover well and she updates us on how she is feeling now. Want to keep the conversation going? Join our Facebook Group: tiny.cc/7mpbnz Thank you for listening and supporting this podc...
Jul 31, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Ellen co-founder, of like minds which produces the podcast How to Do the Pot. She is a fellow endo warrior and we chat about her journey with pain early on, birth control, and infertility. She talks about how CBD and THC have made a large impact on her pain as well as the science behind WHY is helps. Check out her podcast below and please listen in to her journey. Check out her podcast about Endo and cannabis. Here. Want to keep the conversation going? Join our Facebook Group: tiny.cc/7mpbnz Tha...
Jul 24, 2020•35 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Cassandra aka Cass started off with painful periods at 15 years old. She went on BC for about 15 years and when she went off the pill, she discovered a painful nodule in her belly button that would not stop hurting her. She had it removed but it kept coming back and it would bleed around her cycle. She did not know what it was or why it continued to come back. This lead her on a journey to seeing many doctors surgery and an endo diagnosis, Stage IV. In June 2019 for her 4th procedure, she was in...
Jul 17, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 19
LJ's periods started out painful at a young age. She pushed through the pain, graduated high school early, and was off to college at 16 years old, but her pain became all-consuming and she knew something was not right. She began to get into fitness after many late nights in college and lots of snacks. After that, her nutrition followed and she began to feel better, but still had GI issues and reoccurring UTI's. Listen in to how adding in healthy fats to her life helped her feel better and avoid ...
Jul 10, 2020•57 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Meredith is from Brisbane, AUS. She started Birth Control at a young age due to the pain with her period, although the pill helped her, she still had pain and other GI symptoms for the next decade. Once she went off birth control she became very ill with her periods but also daily mostly with fatigue and GI symptoms. It was not until 2013 was she diagnosed with Endo, where her doctor said "she was a mess" and should be not able to help. She was referred to other doctors until she finally found a...
Jul 03, 2020•44 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Ashley is from Ontario, Canada. Her pain began early on, she began birth control at 14 years old and by 18 years old she was in a great deal of pain, in and out of the Emergency Room. She was told her had IBS, UTI's and at 24 years old the doctors discovered a 7MM Kidney stone. The following year she was 25 years old and told she may have lymphoma after she had an MRI. Her journey continues for another five years before she discovers what was really going on. Listen to the rest of her journey on...
Jun 26, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Nicole knew she had Endo early on, it ran in her family and her Mother participated in the Lupron trial many years ago. She started to take BC before her period came as it was assumed she also would have trouble with Endo at an early age. Her pain did not begin to show it's face until she entered college and from there she was on a path to figure out why she felt so ill all the time. We chat about diet, gallbladder, IBS, GI symptoms, diet, IUDs, opioids, ablation, excision and more. Listen to th...
Jun 19, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Angelika is from South Australia, at 15 years old she began to have pain with her period and since Endo ran in her family it was suspected she also suffered from the disease. She had her first surgery at 17 years old but Endo kept creeping up on her throughout the years. She also has hypothyroidism as well as a 4cm fibroid. The hats she mentioned! www.ameos.com.au. Listen to the rest of her journey on the show. Want to keep the conversation going? Join our Facebook Group: tiny.cc/7mpbnz Thank yo...
Jun 13, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Join in on this meditation to help remember how strong you are even in days of pain. I hope it helps you. <3 Want to keep the conversation going? Join our Facebook Group: tiny.cc/7mpbnz Thank you for listening and supporting this podcast. We need awareness about this disease. If you want to be on the podcast or have feedback please reach out via my website www.melissaboudreau.com or find me on Instagram @endo_lady. Thank you for your support and time....
Jun 06, 2020•12 min
Listen in to this episode for mental health tips from Enrico, he is passionate about mental health and shares with tactics to help us manage anxiety, depression, recovery, and more. We did not talk about cannolis, unfortunately. He creates beautiful videos and photos, as well as works for a top fitness guy in NYC. (Jordan Syatt, if you hear us talk about him) He is empathic to people suffering from Endo and wants to learn more ways to help. Follow Enrico on IG @rico.incarnati Want to keep the co...
Jun 05, 2020•55 min
Erika is from Ontario, CA. She is 26 years old and just finished University. She is aspiring to be an actress so she can help spread more awareness about Endo. She had pain from the start with her period that transitioned into daily pain, as well as other health complications mostly in the GI area, and was diagnosed with IBS. One day in University was doubled over in pain and took a cab to the ER and had an appendectomy, her Appendix had Endo lesions, this is when she diagnosed with Endo, the ER...
May 30, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Lisa had pain early on and her guidance counselor in High School suggested it may be Endometriosis but soon after that Lisa was pregnant with her first child, not knowing what Endo was at this time she fought through her pain for many years until it began to be consistent daily. Second-guessing herself with three small children at home, she still knew something was off as her sex was very painful so she began to see a myriad of doctors. She had a diagnostic surgery and confirmed she, in fact, di...
May 21, 2020•57 min•Season 2Ep. 12
I asked Dr. Fogelson to come on the podcast as I see he is very active on social media and his compassion for helping people who suffer from Endo, he not only wants to help educate but is down to Earth and very straight forward about why it is hard to get medical care for Endo. Dr. Fogelson provides expert level gynecologic surgery and endometriosis care in Portland, OR at Northwest Endometriosis and Pelvic Surgery. He came on to answer all of my questions about Endo, the medical field, and why ...
May 15, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Join in on this guided meditation to help calm your mind and body! Want to keep the conversation going? Join our Facebook Group: tiny.cc/7mpbnz Thank you for listening and supporting this podcast. We need awareness about this disease. If you want to be on the podcast or have feedback please reach out via my website www.melissaboudreau.com or find me on Instagram @endo_lady. Thank you for your support and time....
May 09, 2020•10 min
