Actress Zainab Balogun Shares her Experience with Stage 4 Endometriosis

Zainab Balogun is raising awareness so that other women won’t have to suffer in silence from endometriosis, which occurs when tissues from the lining of the womb grow outside the uterus.

The actress who had once shared about her condition, took to Instagram again to shed more light on her battle with Endometriosis likening the pain to “someone taking a barbed wire to your insides and twisting it continuously for days on end.”

She wrote:

“This time last year I was reminded that it was Endometriosis Awareness month. After a year I wasn’t ready to share. Stage 4 Endometriosis they said 💛

I took this picture just after I noticed I was losing my hair as a result of treatment. It took a lot not to burst into tears because I love my hair! To see batches of it in my hands stung. It still does but we’re gonna get it back 🙌🏾

I was really happy to finally have an accurate diagnosis because it meant I finally knew the root of twenty-something years of excruciating pain. I liken the pain to someone taking a barbed wire to your insides and twisting it continuously for days on end. It’s not mere period cramps, aches or discomfort. It’s vicious pain!

Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women. It’s an unseen chronic condition that is often misdiagnosed. It doesn’t get enough attention or research. Endometriosis is when the tissue lining the uterus grows outside of it. Endo lesions can form everywhere from the lungs, intestines, ovaries, Fallopian tubes and more.

There is no cure for Endometriosis but medical intervention allows women to live somewhat of a normal life by managing symptoms. So this post is about encouraging women to seek answers for the little and big pains they feel. Is it a missed period, fibroids, heavy cycles, naval bleeding, hormone imbalance, fertility issues…Whatever it is, you can’t be afraid to pursue it for a healthier life?

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Don’t dismiss your pain ladies and get a Gynaecologist that cares!

Pic 1: After a tough morning trashing bundle of my hair, I was finally able to smile.

Pic 2: Incision sights from the laparoscopic surgery.

Pic 3: I was coming off my first Zoladex implant treatment. I was tired, anxious and use to lose/mispronounce my words. I could see the word in my head but the fog took forever clear and so did the words.