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Re: Another famous endo sufferer
From: Denise (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Sep 27 12:28:57 2002
And Nicole Kidman is suffering severely with endo.
--- "D.N." <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
> 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?
> >
> >=====
> >Kristy :)
> >
>
>http://www.geocities.com/sokokl/kristyspersonalpage.html
> >
> >Hoping to be a nurse soon but for now just a
> Medical Secretary who does a lot of learning from
> reading on the Net, books, my dr(s), as well as
> sharing my own personal experiences.
> >
> >http://sbc.yahoo.com
>
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