283 - Hormonal changes and endometriosis: busting myths and seeking help

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Joining Dr Louise Newson on the podcast this week is Jen Moore, a campaigner dedicated to raising awareness of endometriosis and adenomyosis. Jen started experiencing endometriosis symptoms at the age of 11, but it took her 22 years to receive a diagnosis of endometriosis, adenomyosis and fibroids. By this stage organ failure was a risk and she required multiple surgeries, including a hysterectomy. She has since become committed to helping other women – from speaking out to creating research projects. Here, she shares three things she believes women with endometriosis can do to make a difference to their future health: Find a specialist – someone you can ask as many questions as you want, because if they are genuinely a specialist, they will not be afraid of answering questions. Don’t feel like you have to do it alone. You have your medical team, but you also need a team outside of the hospital. It doesn’t matter who it is, even if it’s somebody online, just reach out. There are so many of us who are just happy to help even if it’s just to talk. Keep going. When you get your diagnosis, you can think awesome, everything’s going to change. But then you realise, that’s just the start of it – you’ve got this wait list to get treatment and it can be a long slog. It’s exhausting, but it’s important that we do. You can follow Jen on Instagram at @jen.dometriosis and find out more at www.jenmoore.co.uk For more information on Newson Health, click here.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr Louise Newsome. I'm a GP and menopause specialist, and I'm also the founder of the Newsome Health Menopause and wellbeing centre here in Stratford-Pon-Avon.
0:21.6	I'm also the founder of the free Balance app.
0:25.6	Each week on my podcast, join me and my special guests where we discuss all things perimenopause
0:31.6	and menopause. We talk about the latest research, bust myths on menopause symptoms and treatments,
0:38.2	and often share moving and always inspirational personal stories.
0:43.7	This podcast is brought to you by the Newsome Health Group,
0:46.9	which has clinics across the UK dedicated to providing individualised perimenopause and menopause care for all women.
1:02.3	So I'm very excited on my podcast today because we're going to be talking about endometriosis,
1:06.8	which is incredibly common and something I learned nothing about at medical school. I learned
1:12.4	nothing about menopause, perimenopause or endometriosis. And it's shocking because it's very
1:19.2	common. A lot of people say 10% of the population, I think it's actually more than that. A lot of
1:24.2	women are suffering, have symptoms and aren't being diagnosed. So I've got
1:29.0	with me, Jen, who has got the most amazing social media account. Her Instagram is definitely
1:35.0	worth following. She's got quite a harrowing story as well, which has led her to have more fire
1:40.2	in her belly to help more people. And I met her as an event in Cambridge where I'm
1:45.9	visiting Bellow at Mary Edwards College in Cambridge. And she started talking to me about her own
1:52.0	condition. And of course, I then started to quiz her about hormones and the rest is history,
1:57.0	as you say. So welcome to today. Hi. thank you for having me. So let's just start with
2:02.9	basics. What is endometriosis? So endometriosis is a full body condition where you have cells that are
2:11.6	similar but not the same as the lining of the womb and they are found in extra uterine sites and they can be anywhere in the body it has
2:20.1	actually been found on every single organ of the human body even things like the eye the bone
2:24.5	belly button you know it can be absolutely anywhere it's very interesting because i've been
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