Bindi Irwin, 24, says she’s been given a ‘second chance at life’ as she recovers from major surgery in America
Bindi Irwin, 24, says she has been given a ‘second chance at life’ as she recovers from major surgery in America
Bindi Irwin revealed on Tuesday that she has a ‘second chance at life’ following her endometriosis operation in America, after suffering for ten years in pain.
The 24-year-old Wildlife Warrior said she could ‘barely get out of bed’ the week before her surgery because the pain was so great, reported Fox News digital.
After suffering for a decade and being told by a doctor that it was ‘something women just have to deal with’, Bindi was able to undergo major surgery in the US in March.
She told Fox News Digital this week: ‘My life looks very different now than it did before I had my surgery.
‘During the ten years I really struggled with endo without knowing it, it got worse and worse every week and eventually, before my surgery, I could barely get out of bed.’
Bindi Irwin, 24, revealed on Tuesday she has a ‘second chance at life’ following her endometriosis operation in America, after suffering for a decade. Pictured with her mother Terri, daughter Grace and husband Chandler Powell
The daughter of the late Steve ‘the Crocodile Hunter’ Irwin spoke out for the first time about her decade-long battle with the disease in a lengthy Instagram post on March 8.
The famed conservationist, who shares daughter Grace Warrior with her husband Chandler Powell, also posted a confrontational photo of herself in a hospital bed after surgery.
The Crikey! It’s the Irwins star who said she had been ‘torn (by) pain’ for 10 years and knew she had to have surgery because she ‘couldn’t live the way I was’.
The Wildlife Warrior said she could “barely get out of bed” the week before her surgery because the pain was so great, Fox News Digital reported
She explained how the surgeon at the Seckin Endometriosis Center in New York City had removed a total of thirty-seven lesions and a “chocolate cyst” – a term for a cyst filled with menstrual blood.
Seckin Endometriosis Center practitioners typically perform surgeries at Lenox Hill Hospital, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
Endometriosis is an often painful condition in which the tissue that lines the uterus also grows outside the uterus.
After suffering for a decade and being told by a doctor that it was ‘something women just have to deal with’, Bindi was able to undergo major surgery in the US in March.
There is a wide variety of symptoms: pain can affect areas ranging from the abdomen and lower back to the pelvis and vagina.
Other symptoms include painful intercourse, abnormal menstruation, nausea, bloating and pain during bowel movements.
Bindi was initially unsure if she wanted to discuss her health publicly, but decided to speak out because she hoped to help other women struggling with endometriosis.
She also wanted to draw attention to the fact that doctors often don’t take the condition seriously enough, noting that a doctor once told her that the pain was just a normal part of being a woman.
She told Fox News Digital this week: ‘My life looks very different now than it did before I had my surgery. Chandler and Bindi are pictured on their wedding day in March 2020