Amy Schumer has her uterus and appendix removed due to endometriosis

[hewontgo]

Amy Schumer has her uterus and appendix removed due to endometriosis https://t.co/3rHx5N6whi
- BazaarUK (@BazaarUK) September 19, 2021

Amy Schumer, 40, is recovering well after having her uterus and appendix removed due to endometriosis.
She shared a picture of herself in hospital post-surgery and added the caption: "If you have really painful

Comments

[epicdonald]

Oof I full body cringed reading this. That sounds so painful.

[spellmanian]

Endometriosis sounds so painful :(

[mwffj]

It can be. What's super sucky about it is that someone with Stage 4 Endo (basically the worst/most severe kind) can have barely any symptoms and someone with Stage 1 Endo can almost die from pain every month. It's a seriously crazy disease and it really sucks that the only sure-fire way to diagnose it is through laparoscopy, which is surgery, so it makes doctors hesitant to really investigate if someone's painful periods are due to that or something else

[megisthesex]

get a second opinion. i get what your doc is saying but its a very fair question. in theory, the bc is controlling it so you aren't getting the layering on your uterus each month which can cause infertility but you have a right to ask these things and feel heard.

[sunshinefun27]

Yeah, it's hard to find someone willing to do exploratory surgery for it. I really wish someone would develop a noninvasive way to diagnose it! One of my sisters got diagnosed through a transvaginal ultrasound, but that only works if your cysts are in that area. My other sister is planning on going out of state for the surgery because none of the doctors near her have much experience in it. I'm kind of worried I have it because I have the symptom where it feels like you are pooping razors during your period(sorry that's probably TMI), but it also gets better if I eat really healthy/get enough sleep/keep stress levels down, so idk if it's really endo and I haven't pushed for it. My mom had it and eventually had her uterus removed.

[breadprincess]

I had to have a hysterectomy in my 20s because of treatment resistant endo and adenomyosis. It sucks, but at a certain point there can be too much damage done to keep your owaries, uterus, etc. (I still have one ovary, though). I'm glad she spoke out about this, and I hope it helps her as much as it helped me.

[electric_lemur]

Glad she won’t suffer through that anymore

[inkstainedlips]

I hope she makes a full recovery and can go forward healthier and without pain.