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My name is Lena Dunham and we're at the Lennox Hill Emergency Room where until this podcast airs I go by the name...

Sorry Angels, can't reveal my alias. To you, I remain Lena Dunham and this remains Women of the Hour.

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I've been pretty public about my affair with endometriosis, a disease of the reproductive system that affects approximately one out of every 10 women.

While the symptoms and I have been fuck buddies for years, it was in 2016 that we really became monogamous.

Over that period I had three surgeries, 10 ER visits and a slew of desperate calls to the patient doctors I am lucky enough to be able to afford.

During one flare-up, after a full and busy work day, I reported to the ER and forced Women of the Hour producer Liz Watson to accompany me and record a process I have undergone countless times when my pain starts to surprise and even scare me.

How's it going? Hello? How are you?

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