She's 100 lb overweight. She just had her first pregnancy 3 years ago, and she had been told that because she had endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome, that she would never get pregnant. But she got pregnant. She's very happy about that. She had uh gestational diabetes, which means she had diabetes during the time that she was pregnant with her son.
whether it's PCOS, which is now called PMOS, which is a metabolic issue that causes you to have irregular periods. There's endometriosis where you have painful periods. There are so many medications we give to people that can alter their hormonal health and and sexual health for that matter. And then it all starts to get even more chaotic in perimenopause, which is again age 35
Look inside. In the very center of the screen, do you see that pink line? That's the endometrial lining. That's the inner lining of the uterus.
cavity where we hold babies where the lining comes out. That's what period blood is is the lining of the uterus here which we'll call the endometrial lining. So progesterone is very important for this lining here. If the the lining of the uterus gets too thick with just estrogen, that can lead to problems, but if you match it with
For some, they have endometriosis. That's the cells from the endometrial lining are now implanting outside the uterus, all around the abdomen. And researchers have found that they're on the uterus, the ovaries, the fallopian tubes, even on the intestinal tract.
That contributes. So there are other pathologies or fertility issues that are strictly for women, and these are conditions of endometriosis, polycystic ovaries, other menstrual irregularities. Anyway, I just don't want to keep going on and on.
helps you not have hot flashes it helps you sleep. It can also grow the lining of the uterus and so if it gets thicker thicker thicker there is worry over years that leads to endometrial or uterine cancer. So endometrium is the lining of the uterus so here I can okay so this is a this is a vagina and then
It's not just a thickened layer. For some, they have endometriosis. That's the cells from the endometrial lining are now implanting outside the uterus, all around the abdomen.
So I'm looking forward to doing that in the next 12 months. Sure. I suffered from endometriosis all my life, since I was 13 years old, but I never knew what it was.
So I'm looking forward to doing that in the next 12 months. And so we don't have a cure for endometriosis, but we do have good treatment.
So I'm looking forward to doing that in the next 12 months. But many women use contraceptive pills to treat their endometriosis because they can't afford surgery.
And I was thinking, why are you hurting? My educated guess was that she had too much estrogenic stimulation of the endometrial layer so that it was thickening up too much. And as it was, when it degenerates at the end of the month, it breaks apart to release prostaglandins that cause really bad pain.
And researchers have found that they're on the uterus, the ovaries, the fallopian tubes, even on the intestinal tract. So it's your period, but now your intestines are all messed up because of the endometrial growth. Wait a minute. Can we stop this?
Yes, but if you look at the prescribing information, there are quite a few risks that are disturbing, to say the least. Now, doctors argue about what's the real risk of endometrial cancer, breast cancer, stroke, blood clots, dementia. How often is that going to happen?
There's increases in birth defects of the male genitals. There's also increases in miscarriage rate, increases in endometriosis, declines in the number of eggs a woman has as she ages, sometimes called premature ovarian failure or diminished ovarian reserve.
So I'm looking forward to doing that in the next 12 months. And once I did that, we decided that a lot of people can't even pronounce endometriosis.
So since then, there's been more studies done, looking at things like blood, looking at the endometrium. By the time a woman reaches her 60s, most of the endometrium, the lining of the womb, is made up of mutated cells, but is not cancer.
We develop DNA dates that will go and hybridize with the parts of the genome where the cancer mutations are most likely to be found. So people with breast cancer, folks with prostate cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, bladder cancer, these are not tumors that we can get any sort of insurance
We develop DNA dates that will go and hybridize with the parts of the genome where the cancer mutations are most likely to be found. And it doesn't matter if you have a bladder cancer or colon cancer, an endometrial, gastric, ovarian, breast.
seeing me. She's on about nine drugs. She has several kinds of pain. She has a terrible pain down the front of her leg that she's been told is endometriosis growing on one of her nerves. She has terrible burning in her feet.
But let's again start with cancer because I think this is such an important area. So a statement here, nurses who work night shifts have higher rates of breast, endometrial, and colorectal cancers. And this risk increases with the time spent doing shift work.
So I'm looking forward to doing that in the next 12 months. Right. So on a more serious note, you're the cofounder of the Endometriosis Foundation
Their esophageal tissue was healthy. So since then, there's been more studies done, looking at things like blood, looking at the endometrium. By the time a woman reaches her 60s, most of the endometrium, the lining of the womb, is made up of mutated cells,
But you know, it's-- because the things I gravitate toward are women. People are getting-- so if I was the person making the decisions-- and Samantha Bee did that awesome piece this week about how 1 in 10 women have endometriosis, but there's very little research, but there's like 1,000 dick pills.
And God had a very different plan. And Linda, after a dating for about a year and a half, she was diagnosed with endometriosis, a disorder of the reproductive system. Had surgery-- one ovary removed, part of the second one removed.
You have in your midbrain, hypothalamus and pituitary gland. hormonal health, from weight gain to fibrocystic breasts to increased risk for cancer to PMS, endometriosis, fibroids,