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you get your podcasts. This is a CBC podcast. Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast where we talk about

what it's like to be sick.

This week's guest is Zuzi.

She has pelvic congestion syndrome.

Let's talk about it.

Uh, we are hanging out with our new friend Zuzana,

aka Zuzi.

And we are going to be talking about something that I don't think we've ever talked about on the show.

Pelvic congestion syndrome.

And I'm not going to lie. That sounds not good.

Yeah, and probably not the same kind of like pelvic congestion that I get every morning around 945 after I drink after I have coffee.

Yes, you're talking about shitting yourself.

Zuzzi, what, cani, what is pelvic congestion syndrome?

What is that?

Yeah, so it's like something totally different.

It's a vascular issue.

So it's basically like the main symptom is pain, chronic pelvic pain, that occurs for like longer than six months.

And so that's why it's often mistaken for like endometriosis or adenomyosis or all those

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