Bindi Irwin’s health update as she declares she is finally ‘pain free’

Bindi Irwin has shared the incredible story of how a fellow endometriosis patient inspired her to have life-changing surgery that ended a decade of chronic pain.

The conservationist had 37 lesions and a chocolate cyst — a cyst filled with menstrual blood — which was removed two months ago by an endometriosis specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City after privately battling the condition for a decade.

Bindi revealed it was an American woman named Leslie Mosier who first encouraged her to find answers and put her on a path to getting her life back.

The two women finally met in person last Saturday when Bindi flew to Los Angeles to attend a fundraiser in memory of her late father Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin.

Leslie, who is famous on Instagram thanks to her dog “Doug the Pug,” said getting to know Bindi was the only positive thing that came from their shared ordeal of endometriosis, as they both helped each other through their darkest times..

Leslie posted a trio of photos to Instagram of the couple, writing, “Endometriosis is a dark disease, but out of my journey came a bright light – my friendship with Bindi.

“When I went through it, I couldn’t possibly see how anything good could come out of my pain.

“But the connection with another who shares the experience and understands you in a way few can is like no other.”

Leslie said it felt incredible meeting Bindi in person for the first time, knowing that they were both celebrating being pain free for the first time. long.

“We finally met in person and not only was it special to finally meet, but we were both PAIN FREE! It was surreal, a moment we both dreamed of,” she wrote.

“The endo community is fortunate to have Bindi as its advocate. And I feel so lucky that we were brought together. Now that we are both pain free, we have so many happy adventures ahead.”

Bindi, who shares two-year-old daughter Grace Warrior with husband Chandler Powell, later shared Leslie’s post on her own Instagram Story.

“Forever grateful for your beautiful friendship,” she added.

When she first posted about her surgery in early March, Bindi said Leslie was why she fought so hard to find answers for her chronic pain.

‘I have been struggling with insurmountable fatigue, pain and nausea for ten years. Trying to stay a positive person and hide the pain has gone a very long way,” she wrote in an Instagram post.

“Over the past ten years there have been a lot of tests, doctor visits, scans, etc.

“A doctor told me it’s just something you have to deal with as a woman and I completely gave up and tried to function through the pain.

“I didn’t find answers until a friend, Leslie Mosier, helped me get my life back. I decided to have an operation for endometriosis.’

The mother of one of them admitted that at first she wasn’t sure 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 how a doctor had once told her that pain was just a normal part of being a woman.

She said that “going in for surgery was scary, but I knew I couldn’t live the way I was,” adding that “every” aspect of her life was “torn apart” because of the pain.

“Long story short, they found thirty-seven lesions, some very deep and difficult to remove, and a chocolate cyst,” she continued.

Bindi revealed that her surgeon’s first words to her after she woke up from the procedure were, “How did you live with so much pain?”

She said it was an “indescribable” feeling to get this “confirmation” from a medical professional after years of her pain being brushed off by doctors, before thanking her family and friends who encouraged her to find answers.

“Thank you to the doctors and nurses who believed my pain,” she added. “I’m on the road to recovery and the gratitude I feel is overwhelming,” she added.

Bindi has spent her life in the spotlight as the daughter of famed conservationists Steve and Terri Irwin.

Steve, known to millions around the world as “the crocodile hunter,” died on September 4, 2006, at the age of 44 after being stabbed in the chest by a stingray while filming a documentary about the Great Barrier Reef.

Bindi was only eight years old at the time.

After his death, Steve’s family, including his children Bindi and Robert, widow Terri and son-in-law Chandler, have continued his conservation work at Australia Zoo, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.