Скачать или смотреть Endo Year Reflections: Ep #4 When Pain Meets Community, Misinformation Loses

Pain so severe you faint is not “just a bad period.”
And being told to “just get pregnant” is not a treatment plan—it’s a myth that has harmed millions.

We open the Endo Year Reflection Series by revisiting the stories, science, and systemic failures that continue to shape endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain care. This episode confronts the narratives that delay diagnosis, normalize suffering, and leave patients stuck between medical dismissal and years of unanswered questions.

You’ll hear Fisayo’s powerful journey, where predictably timed fainting, ER visits, and debilitating back pain were repeatedly minimized—even with a physician in her own family. Finally naming endometriosis became a turning point, and her documentary Walking Through Walls transforms deeply personal suffering into public advocacy and change.

We also reflect on Nikki’s path, one that mirrors so many listeners’ lives: migraines tied to menstrual cycles, missed school and sports, repeated ER visits, and well-meaning but incorrect explanations. Excision surgery changed her trajectory, but this conversation doesn’t shy away from the harder truths—fertility loss, grief, and the quiet work of parenting while still living in pain.

This episode also gets curious about the mechanics of menstrual pain:

Why are some cycles manageable while others feel like “death cramps”?

What role do prostaglandins and dysmenorrhea really play?

And why are we still missing basic answers to basic menstrual health questions?

With insight from GYRL Lab research and the humor-meets-rigor perspective of Kate Helen Downey from the podcast Cramped, we break down what we know—and what medicine still needs to catch up on.

And because real life doesn’t pause for symptoms, we get practical:

Holiday and travel survival kits (meds, heating pads, safe snacks, comfort items)

Energy pacing and planning ahead

Setting boundaries that protect your body without apology

This episode is a reminder that stories matter, accuracy matters, and community matters—because no one should have to navigate endometriosis or chronic pelvic pain alone.

✨ Take one idea from this conversation and let it sit.
If it helps, share this episode with someone who needs better information—or validation that they aren’t imagining their pain.

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