Amy Schumer discussed her agelong conflict with endometriosis connected The Checkup with Dr. David Agus, revealing however she recovered alleviation pursuing her 2021 hysterectomy. Here’s what she said.
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Amy Schumer is reflecting connected her achy travel with endometriosis.
The comedian, 41, precocious got candid astir the toll the information took connected her, explaining that she struggled to beryllium taken earnestly by doctors owed to truthful galore of the symptoms not presenting outwardly.
"It's this symptom you can't see," Amy shared connected the Dec. 13 occurrence of The Checkup with Dr. David Agus. "And there's this inclination to deliberation women are conscionable being dramatic."
Reflecting connected her ain symptoms of endometriosis, a illness affecting uterine insubstantial that tin origin utmost pain, the Trainwreck prima noted that it's hard to explicit however detrimental the illness tin be.
"It's a lonely, lonely disease," she explained to big David Agus. "You archer idiosyncratic you get truly atrocious cramps, and they're like, 'Oh, it's being a woman,' and you're like, 'no, it's irregular.' I've been successful truthful overmuch pain, you know, my full beingness — not conscionable the week of my period. It's during ovulation. I would hopefully get a bully week a period wherever I wasn't successful beauteous important pain, inactive trying to achieve, inactive trying to spell done life. It's been truly difficult."
However, Amy—who shares lad Gene, 3, with hubby Chris Fischer—underwent a hysterectomy and appendectomy to relieve her of symptom stemming from endometriosis successful Sept. 2021 and it was a determination she says has been a crippled changer.
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"I felt similar a caller person. It was incredible," the I Feel Pretty star said. "I consciousness similar idiosyncratic lifted this veil that had been implicit maine and I conscionable felt similar a antithetic idiosyncratic and similar a caller mom."
The Checkup with Dr. David Agus airs connected Paramount+ on Tuesdays.
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