Florence Pugh reveals she froze her eggs after being diagnosed with PCOS and endometriosis

[hewontgo]

Florence Pugh reveals she froze her eggs after being diagnosed with PCOS and endometriosis last year https://t.co/ZTLO3SM8sO pic.twitter.com/fBYeFh5k1q
- Page Six (@PageSix) November 19, 2024

During an episode of the 'She MD' podcast, Pugh, 28, revealed she froze her eggs after learning both conditions could lead to infertility.

“I just had this

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[angriest_girl]

PCOS and endometriosis are so normalised - even the women who have them get to the point where they are just matter of fact about it because they’ve just been expected to live with it. They both have debilitating effects on so many women but the medical community (largely) is like “We’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas” .

[steffi_333]

Honestly endo should be classed as a disability IMO - it's that bad for some people that it significantly impacts their daily life and ability to function at even basic levels.

[progression]

I wish it was. I have PCOS and literally sometimes bleed for months at a time. It makes me iron so low and I feel like I’m walking through a fog. But, I’m also expected to just work through it and can’t have any accommodations made (such as working from home so I’m not on the road in that state or so that I have easy access to the bathroom).

Add debilitating pain to that? Whew.

[steffi_333]

That’s horrendous. I started having really irregular and heavy periods that were making me anaemic when perimenopause started and that was bad enough. I can’t imagine having something like your experience. I’m so sorry you don’t get more support ☹️

[progression]

Thanks so much. I’m sorry you’ve had to go through your own problems. I hope they don’t last too long!

[angriest_girl]

I feel that - I have just had a hysterectomy to deal with severe bleeding and anaemia that was so bad I could barely shower, let alone drag myself into the office. And were my work complete c*nts about it? Damn right they were.

[progression]

It’ll never make sense to me why management/HR won’t just believe that some people are going thorough private hell. Not that physically disabled people get much better treatment, but like… do they want us to bleed all over the floor for evidence? I don’t fucking get it.

[angriest_girl]

When I wanted to work from home full time they refused because “it’s about consistency” and I’m like, so I have to wait until everyone else has huge clots of blood just falling out of them?

[reciprokates]

In my country it is (Germany). Depending on how bad it is, it gets even classified as a severe disability.

[angriest_girl]

Definitely agree. I worked with a woman who would be sitting at her desk wincing and doubling over with pain, and a hot water bottle pressed to her at all times, and this would happen for at least a couple of days a week - often more. She shouldn’t have had to be at work in that state, but she had no choice. This was pre-Covid so there wasn’t even any way she could work at home where she could at least be a bit more comfortable, as my employer never allowed that until the pandemic came along and they were forced to

[steffi_333]

It infuriates me that women's pain isn't taken seriously - in fact it's outright DISMISSED so easily, by general public and doctors.

I get so mad when I see other women saying what you mention. Like great, lucky you. But a.) show some damn empathy, and b.) if extreme women's PAIN isn't being taken seriously wth makes you think the rest of our/your healthcare is? This impacts all of us, get on board

[qaladriel]

Literally. When I got diagnosed with PCOS all I was offered was some hair removal cream. I hadn't even said I had issues with body hair.

[fried_twinkie]

Trying to get a diagnosis and I'm literally growing a beard but my docs are still like " idk maybe you're just fat?"

[veggie]

unfortunately, even after you get a diagnosis the doctors will still go "well if you simply stopped being fat the PCOS would go away <3"

[insomniachobs]

This one drives me absolutely mad. The PCOS causes the fatness. The PCOS makes it near impossible to lose weight. How does one "just lose weight then the PCOS will go away" when the PCOS is the damn cause of the weight

*and breathe*

You can tell I've had 30 years of this shit, huh lol

[progression]

My *favorite* was having a fit doctor who had PCOS. Her symptoms were very mild from what she shared with me. So, she decided that I just ~wasn’t working hard enough~ and that’s why I couldn’t lose weight. Not the fact that PCOS literally fucks with my insulin resistance, causes extremely heavy periods that kept me from being active a good chunk of the time, etc.

I dropped her so fucking fast. She’s literally an anomaly in our world yet acted that way to someone begging for relief and answers.