"All Women Should Know About The Health Issue I Faced"
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
My cousin-in-law Angie joins the podcast to open up about a very serious medical issue she faced earlier this year. When Angie started experiencing lethargy, excess bleeding during her periods, hair loss, and frequent urination, her doctors chalked it up to stress and anxiety, and she chalked it up to "being 32." As her list of symptoms got longer and more intense, Angie found herself going to a series of doctors to figure out what was wrong. Angie learned there was a Fibroid growing in her uterus that needed to be surgically removed. All the while, she was helping her brother through a tragedy, taking over her law firm, and planning her wedding. Angie shares how she navigated this medical crisis, what she wished she knew before ever knowing what a Fibroid was, how it impacted her relationship, and what she wishes she knew.
Uterine Fibroidsaffect up to 80% of women by age 50. 25-50% of those are symptomatic.
Approximately 25% to 50% of women with fibroids are symptomatic, experiencing heavy menses, reproductive issues, pain, increased urinary frequency, and anemia. There is a general lack of awareness of fibroids among women and their potential health impact. One survey documented an average of 3.6 years to seek treatment, and 41% saw at least two healthcare providers before diagnosis.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:04.8 | Hey guys, it's Alana and you're listening to Seeing Other People Unfiltered. |
| 0:09.8 | It's Thursday, so that means real-life daters are coming on to share their real, sometimes shocking, and always unfiltered experiences. |
| 0:17.8 | Think you're alone out there? |
| 0:18.9 | Think you're the only one whose ex hooked up with your mom or whose last date ended up being a catfish? Think again. Think you're alone out there? Think you're the only one whose ex hooked up with your mom |
| 0:21.4 | or whose last date ended up being a catfish? Think again. Hi, I'm Angie. I am here to talk about my |
| 0:31.4 | fibroid experience. It was pretty terrible. And what is a fibroid angie honestly that's a great question it's it's basically a |
| 0:44.4 | large mass that grows and it's non-cancerous so in that regard it's good but um it can grow anywhere from the size of a grape to a size of a watermelon. |
| 1:02.0 | So mine was located actually on the back of my uterus, so it was causing a lot of problems, |
| 1:09.9 | especially because it got to around like 12 |
| 1:12.6 | centimeters, which is pretty big. And it was creating so many issues and I really had no idea |
| 1:22.9 | why. I didn't know it existed. The way we found out about it was wild first of all i just want to |
| 1:31.8 | say thank you for coming on and talking about this i so angie spoiler alert is one of my family |
| 1:38.7 | members she is as of recent my cousin-in-law we don't know if that's a made-up term or not, but she just |
| 1:45.6 | married my cousin John. |
| 1:46.9 | And I know this was incredibly difficult for you to go through. |
| 1:50.7 | And I know it impacted so many aspects of your life. |
| 1:53.6 | Obviously, your physical well-being, your emotional well-being. |
| 1:58.8 | I know it was tough on your relationship, having all this |
| 2:02.1 | stress and pain and discomfort and not knowing why. And I think, you know, when it came, the |
| 2:08.3 | topic of should we talk about this came up, my immediate thought was like, absolutely, |
| 2:13.1 | because you had no idea that this thing was growing inside of you. And you didn't know what it was. |
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