Bindi Irwin Celebrates ‘Second Chance at Life’ After Endometriosis Surgery
By Movieguide® Contributor
Bindi Irwin, daughter of THE CROCODILE HUNTER’s Steve Irwin, celebrates her “second chance at life” after getting surgery for endometriosis earlier this year.
“My life now looks completely different than it did before I had my surgery,” Irwin shared with Fox News. “Over the 10 years that I was really battling with endo[metriosis] without knowing it, I would get progressively worse every week and, in the end, before my surgery, I was barely able to get out of bed.”
She described the pain as a “stabbing feeling” and “really scary,” adding that she had 37 lesions and a chocolate cyst removed during her surgery.
“And now on the other side of surgery, I mean, I’m going for daily zoo walks with my family,” she shared. “I’m able to go to our management meetings and check up on our animals and do the filming work that I love and play with my daughter.”
“And it is just so wonderful. I feel like I see the world in a new way now. I’m able to actually do things again. It does feel like a second chance at life,” she added.
Movieguide® previously reported on Irwin’s condition:
“Endometriosis is ‘an often painful disorder in which tissue similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus — the endometrium — grows outside your uterus,’ the Mayo Clinic states. ‘Approximately one-third to one-half of women with endometriosis have difficulty getting pregnant.’”
Because of the infertility issues endometriosis can cause, Bindi is especially grateful for her 2-year-old daughter, Grace Warrior.
“For us personally, we feel so lucky to have Grace,” Irwin told PEOPLE. “I think that every day I wake up and I look at our beautiful daughter and think she is our tiny little miracle, and it makes me cry because we were very, very lucky to have her.”
Since her recovery, Irwin has teamed up with Lego for its “Play is Your Superpower” campaign.
“I believe that play gives us all the power to reach our full potential, so I’m proud to be teaming up with @LEGO to help encourage families to reprioritise play in their day and find out for themselves what superpowers play gives them,” she wrote on Instagram.
“I am so excited to be part of this wonderful initiative,” Irwin shared with Fox News. “Encouraging everyone to prioritize play is something that I truly, truly admire and I’m so inspired by.”
“I hope that this is a reminder for everyone to reprioritize play, to prioritize that really meaningful time together where you put away your devices and they’re just 100% present and filled with joy because I watch it here at Australia Zoo, when families are having fun together, they’re creating these memories that will last a lifetime,” she concluded.
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