Bindi Irwin: ‘Night and Day’ Difference After Endometriosis Surgery
By Movieguide® Contributor
Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late conservationist Steve Irvin, discussed how endometriosis surgery has made her a “completely new person.”
In an exclusive interview with Good Morning America, Irwin described her eight-year journey to the diagnosis as “long.” When she first began experiencing symptoms, doctors didn’t know what was wrong.
“Every test, every scan that I went in for came back completely clean,” she began. “I was healthy. Nothing was wrong, which was just so strange. It was this feeling of devastation because there was no answer. There was no clarity [as] to why I was feeling this way. And the fact that every month it would just get worse and worse and worse.”
Despite the pain she felt, Irwin lived her life as normally as possible. She married Chandler Powell, but during her pregnancy with her daughter Grace Warrior, she thought she had a miscarriage.
“It would just be excruciating pain in my side,” Irwin confessed. “And I would think that I was losing our beautiful daughter…. I had no idea about what was happening. And so now I have answers.”
“But at the time I was terrified every day that I was going to lose our beautiful daughter,” she added. “For me and Chandler, we’re so lucky to have Grace. So many women can’t fall pregnant because of problems with endometriosis.”
Earlier this year, Irwin underwent surgery to help eliminate her pain. Since then, health has changed for the better.
“It’s night and day,” she expressed. “It’s completely different. I am a new person and every day it seems to get better after surgery.”
“And now I’m a completely new person,” she continued. “I’m actually able to go on a walk with my family. I’m able to do the conservation work that I am so, so passionate about. I’m able to be there for our daughter. Finally, I’m able to run around with her, to play with her, to have fun and revel in her joy instead of just trying my best to pick her up and carry her and not just want to fall over or curl up.”
After her surgery, Irwin shared on her Instagram, “To cut a long story short, they found 37 lesions, some very deep & difficult to remove, & a chocolate cyst. @seckinmd’s first words to me when I was in recovery were, “How did you live with this much pain?” Validation for years of pain is indescribable. My family & friends who have been on this journey with me for 10+ yrs – THANK YOU, for encouraging me to find answers when I thought I’d never climb out. Thank you to the doctors & nurses who believed my pain. I’m on the road to recovery & the gratitude I feel is overwhelming. To those questioning the cancelled plans, unanswered messages & absence – I had been pouring every ounce of the energy I had left into our daughter & family.”
Irwin hopes her story can encourage others going through similar experiences.
“Maybe my story resonates, that maybe if you’ve gone through undiagnosed, unbelievable pain. You will be able to say, ‘Hey, that girl has symptoms similar to mine. Maybe this is what’s wrong with me,'” she stated.
Movieguide® previously reported on Irwin after her surgery:
“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.
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