Bindi Irwin grateful after ‘scary’ endometriosis surgical procedure

Bindi Irwin has posted an encouraging private message about her journey to an endometriosis prognosis and her bliss after pain-relieving surgical procedure. “There’s stigma around this awful disease,” the “Crikey! It’s the Irwins” star mentioned, and she or he desires different ladies in the identical state of affairs to have hope — one thing she didn’t have in the midst of her path to a prognosis.

“For 10yrs I’ve struggled with insurmountable fatigue, pain & nausea. Trying to remain a positive person & hide the pain has been a very long road. These last 10yrs have included many tests, doctors visit, scans, etc.,” the conservationist, zookeeper and daughter of the late Steve Irwin wrote Tuesday on social media, posting a photograph of herself in a hospital mattress with a smile on her face.

Endometriosis is a painful situation attributable to endometrial tissue — the uterine lining — rising outdoors of the uterus, the place it thickens and bleeds throughout menstrual cycles.

“A doctor told me it was simply something you deal with as a woman & I gave up entirely,” the 24-year-old mentioned, “trying to function through the pain.”

Then she acquired a hand from pal, fan, singer and pug lover Leslie Mosier that helped set her “on a path of regaining my life.” Soon Irwin was on the highway to aid.

“Going in for surgery was scary but I knew I couldn’t live like I was. Every part of my life was getting torn apart because of the pain,” Irwin wrote. “To cut a long story short, they found 37 lesions, some very deep & difficult to remove, & a chocolate cyst.” Chocolate cysts, an indication of endometriosis, are cysts full of menstrual blood.

Her physician’s first phrases after Irwin got here to: “How did you live with this much pain?”

The Season 21 “Dancing With the Stars” winner mentioned that experiencing validation after her years of ache was “indescribable,” and she or he thanked her family and friends for his or her help. She additionally apologized to pals she hadn’t saved up with through the years.

“I’m on the road to recovery & the gratitude I feel is overwhelming,” Irwin wrote. “To those questioning the cancelled plans, unanswered messages & absence — I had been pouring every ounce of the energy i had left into our daughter and family.”

Irwin’s father, Aussie zookeeper and “Crocodile Hunter” host Steve Irwin, died in 2006 after being pierced by the guts by a stingray whereas filming an underwater documentary. Bindi was simply 8 years outdated when her dad died at age 44.

She married skilled wakeboarder Chandler Powell in 2020; the couple welcomed daughter Grace the following 12 months.

“You are my inspiration to be as strong as I can be in every aspect of life,” Powell posted Tuesday on Instagram. “Seeing how you pushed through the pain to take care of our family and continue our conservation work while being absolutely riddled with endometriosis is something that will inspire me forever.

“The greatest gift of all is knowing that you’re out the other side of surgery totally free of endometriosis,” he continued. “I cannot wait to embark on this new chapter of life with you.”

Friend Mosier responded to Powell’s publish, writing within the feedback, “Bindi is so lucky to have a rock like you supporting her through the pain. I truly can’t wait to see how everything blossoms into a new World for both of you! Can’t wait to celebrate at the zoo one day.”