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The Cycle is a podcast about Endometriosis stories from patients as well as helpful information about the disease and ways to cope with it. Our goal is to share endo stories from people all over the world to empower you.
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THIS PODCAST IS NOT INTENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING MEDICAL ADVICE.
All information, content, and material of this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to serve as a substitute for the consultation, diagnosis, and/or medical treatment of a qualified physician or healthcare provider.
Medical disclaimer
THIS PODCAST IS NOT INTENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING MEDICAL ADVICE.
All information, content, and material of this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to serve as a substitute for the consultation, diagnosis, and/or medical treatment of a qualified physician or healthcare provider.
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In this episode, I chat with endometriosis patient, Margaret, who had pelvic pain and saw 25 doctors before she was diagnosed with endo. She worked in health technology before she was diagnosed and was working on an app to help others with pelvic pain- tracking and learning. She shares her endo story and why she started Lasa Health with her husband to help others with endo. Listen in to learn more about this great new resource for patients and it's FREE!
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Allison lives in Vancouver, BC, she was asymptomatic and works with many people who have endo on a daily basis...she discovered she had endo after going in for an iron test that lead her to an ultrasound. She is later diagnosed with Stage III and had a 10cm cyst! Allison treats many patients with endo and has tips for us to help manage pain.
Follow her for great tips: @sea_of_qi_healing
Listen to the rest of her story here.
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**trigger warning we talk about pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy & miscarriage.
Lauren now 29, from Hampshire, UK began to have heavy periods and pain at age 11, her Mum did as well. She thought this was normal. At 14 years old she began birth control and remained on it for 14 years. (changes pills often and not tolerating it well) Her sister has PCOS.
She was in and out of A & E with pain over the past 7 years. Where nothing was found to be wrong with her.
We chat about NHS, the medical system in the UK, and how a doctor laughed in her face, which provoked her to demand the correct referrals and treatment.
Listen to the rest of her story here.
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**trigger warning we talk about pregnancy and fertility treatments in this episode.
Georgie did not have any pain or symptoms of endo, she had her plan after she was married she wanted to have children. She gets back from her honeymoon and begins a long journey to find answers. She felt like she was a robot to get through it all. She saw over ten specialists for fertility. She tries many different treatments.
Find Georgie and her website here: https://www.fempower-health.com/ or on IG @fempowerhealth or www.instagram.com/fempowerhealth
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Ashley is from Michigan she is a nurse, she had pain early on and Gi "issues" she was put on birth control. In her 20s she began to have bladder pressure and when she turned 30 years old she was found to have an enlarged kidney w. 12% function and cysts on both ovaries. She was told to freeze her eggs, she would need IVF, and had multiple surgeries in 2019 and 2020. We chat about the struggles of dealing with medical appointments. After her 1st surgery, her bowel symptoms got worse- where she had to use the restroom 20-30 times a day.
Listen in to the rest of her journey.
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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 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 you want to be on the podcast or have feedback please reach out via my website www.melissaboudreau.com. Thank you for your support and time. Please consider subscribing and writing us a review on Apple podcasts it really helps us get more awareness and with guests agreeing to come on! You can do that here! http://tiny.cc/f74onz
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. The views expressed on the show may not reflect the views and opinions of the cycle podcast.
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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 the people in her family did have endo and/ or adeno.
Listen in to the rest of her journey here.
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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.
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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/
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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
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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 help others.
Check it out: pollie.co
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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 surgery! She had back surgery and post-surgery she had bladder retention one month after surgery due to the inflammation of her uterus. Over the next 10 years, she had surgery, changed her diet, and was diagnosed with Adeno. Listen to the rest of her journey on the show. 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. Thank you for your support and time. Please consider subscribing and writing us a review on Apple podcasts it really helps us get more awareness and with guests agreeing to come on! You can do that here! http://tiny.cc/f74onz
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 month. She knew something was off and keep telling her doctors. She had a large cyst that continued to grow until it was 11cm at this point she had to have surgery. She was 21 years old when she had her first laparoscopy and got her diagnosis.
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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 with her pain, and at 44 she finally had her first laparoscopy surgery for an ovarian cyst. A year later she finally got her diagnosis and at 46 years old she was able to have excision surgery, she started a fundraiser to help with the cost of the procedure. Today 1.5 years after that surgery she is PAIN-FREE.
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1Elva 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 confirmed Endo, but also put her on a new path fo find relief.
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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.
*excision is the gold standard for treatment vs ablation
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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.
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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 how the Depo shot has been helping her. Check out her blog: https://happyandunwell.com/
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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.
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