Re: Another famous endo sufferer
From: D.N. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Sep 27 12:49:12 2002
Just found this article about Jayne Kennedy Overton. It says they
diagnosed her via ultrasound, which we know can't be done, but
interesting article nonetheless. She apparently doesn't have any more
problems after having a hysterectomy after she had her children.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlight/2001-07-25-kennedy-endometriosis.htm
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D.N.
At Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Denise wrote:
>
> 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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