Endo Battery - Excruciating Endo Pain Leads to Unnecessary Loss of Fertility With a Hysterectomy at 21: Amber's Story

Excruciating Endo Pain Leads to Unnecessary Loss of Fertility With a Hysterectomy at 21: Amber's Story

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08/30/23 • 43 min

Endo Battery

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Amber MacDonald shares her heart breaking story of trying to find relief with extreme pain. Having multiple surgeries and being told that it's not Endometriosis, only to find out later that it was and a hysterectomy is the only way to get "rid" of the endo and the pain. Amber felt: less than, betrayed, invalidated, and still had pain. She takes us into a vulnerable space of coming to terms with losing her ability to have children at such a young age, and the lasting heartache and financial toll it's taken. Amber's journey to healing, answers, and purpose lead her to her passion in helping others by becoming an Arvigo Therapy practitioner, and spreading awareness about the misinformation surrounding endometriosis.
Amber's story will both break your heart, and allow you to feel validated. She is proof that doing this journey with others brings healing. You wont want to miss this episode.
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Take a Deep Breath and Do Some Breath Work with Shelby

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As the summer wraps up and vacations are ending, it can be overwhelming to get back into the swing of things. Maybe you're facing some tough decisions, or have to have yet another surgery, or you simply just feel like life is taking more out of you right now. Shelby walks us through ways to do some intentional breath work that can help promote healing, in your mind, and body. Just relaxing can really help with how your body promotes healing. Sometimes bad endo flairs can cause more tension in your body that taking a deep breath can help relax. Do yourself a favor and take less than 10 minutes to treat yourself kindly.

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Pt. 1: A History Of Medical Racism and Its Part In Current Endometriosis Treatment for Those of Color: Kimether's Story

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Kimether Redmon joins us to share the importance of knowing the history of medical practices and its roots of racism. She walks us through the history of medical research and treatment when it comes to being a person of color and a woman. She gives detailed accounts of ways people of color were often used for research and how most research done for betterment of the human was done with upper- middle class people. This all lends itself to Kimether's story of:
- pain that was ignored or mismanaged based off of racial bias from practitioners
-then ultimately her journey through infertility which led to a diagnosis of Endo followed by poor treatment and being misinformed.
- Which only made her symptoms worse.
She then addressed current challenges that people of color and marginalized people face as it pertains to our healthcare system and receiving proper, and equal, care. Better care for all is what drives Kimether in her career as a Nurse Practitioner in a safety net clinic.
This is was only a portion of all the wisdom Kimether shared. This is part 1 of a 2 part series that you wont want to miss.
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