Re: famous endo sufferer
From: D.N. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Sep 27 10:24:19 2002
Hi Kristy,
The only one I heard of having it was Mary Joe Fernandez and that was
several years ago. I thought there might be more talk about it. Where
did you find out about those other actresses?
I don't understand why, if one of these actresses talked about endo and
became a spokesperson, why that would ruin their careers. If they are
able to function, which they apparently are, they may be some lucky ones
with mild endo? Is it a taboo thing because it has to do with
reproductive organs? Does it somehow take away from their femininity
(sp?) ? If they have severe endo, perhaps their bosses are willing to
work around any problems they have?
I guess don't know what the answer to the question would be.
--
D.N.
At Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Kristy wrote:
>
>D.N.
>
>Actresses Sharon Stone, Pamela Anderson, Nev Campbell, Susan
>Sarandon, Figure Skater Nicole Bobeck, Tennis star Mary Joe
>Fernandez was a spokesperson for EA but I can't verify that she
>had endo. I know that one of the Russian figure skaters had a
>laparoscopy done two weeks before the Worlds' Championships back
>in March and she went to the championships even though the dr
>told her not to do so.
>
>The one commentator that talked about this skater said that she
>had a private surgery on her abdomen. And even with that said I
>knew what they were talking about. Her name is Maria Butriskya
>(goodness I hope I spelled that right).
>
>I have a question for you. What good is it going to do to have
>a celebrity spokesperson spread the word about Endo when all
>these ones that I've mentioned that have Endo don't even want to
>come forward? The reason that they don't want to talk about it
>is b/c they know that it will mess up their careers. So with
>that in mind what do we need to do to change their minds to want
>to help us so that the public knows the truth about this and
>that it's something that we shouldn't be ashamed of?
>
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