Amy Schumer discusses her painful endometriosis battle: It’s a “lonely disease”

Amy Schumer has been candid concerning the signs and procedures she’s undergone to deal with endometriosis — and she or he’s hoping her story helps others battling ache to search out their voices.

The comic opened up concerning the “lonely illness” and the stigma related to intervals in an intimate interview with CBS Information medical contributor Dr. David Agus for the brand new Paramount+ authentic docuseries “The Checkup with Dr. David Agus.” The 30-minute episode can be obtainable to stream beginning Tuesday, Dec. 13.

“I have been in a lot ache, you recognize, my entire life — not simply the week of my interval,” stated Schumer, 41, within the episode, including that “it has been actually tough,” Schumer stated she’s been experiencing extreme ache for many years since she first bought her interval.

Endometriosis is a dysfunction that happens when the uterine lining grows exterior of the uterus in locations just like the fallopian tubes, ovaries or different tissue across the pelvic space, which might trigger painful cramping throughout your interval, Dr. Agus defined within the episode. Along with painful intervals, different frequent signs of endometriosis embrace ache throughout intercourse, painful urination or bowel actions, cysts, infertility and extra, the Mayo Clinic says.

Greater than 11% of American ladies between the ages of 15 and 44 could also be affected by endometriosis, according to the Office on Women’s Health, which is a part of the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers.

Final 12 months, Schumer had a hysterectomy, a elimination of the uterus, to assist deal with her endometriosis. She additionally underwent an appendectomy, explaining in an Instagram post on the time that medical doctors discovered a tumor in her “endo-ravaged appendix.”

“You already know, for months, I had been complaining of ache…it was simply this ache you possibly can’t see. And, you recognize, there’s the inclination to all the time assume a lady is simply being dramatic,” Schumer stated within the interview.

Schumer has used her social media platforms to reassure others experiencing aches or pains throughout their menstrual cycles that their issues are legitimate.

“My ache is actual. Your ache is actual. We’ve to advocate for ourselves. We’ve to talk up. And you recognize what? I am fearful this video is annoying, however I do not care, as a result of I hope that it helps one girl go and discover out why she’s in a lot ache,” Schumer stated in a Sept. 21, 2021, Instagram video, which has garnered almost 1.5 million views.

Schumer stated the scars from the surgical procedures are value it as a result of she felt speedy aid.

“It simply felt like somebody lifted this veil that had been over me. And I simply felt like a unique particular person… like a brand new mother,” stated Schumer.

In 2018, when Schumer was pregnant with her son Gene, she was hospitalized with hyperemesis, a extreme sort of morning illness. 

Schumer’s son, who’s now 3 years outdated, was hospitalized in early November for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) however has since recovered.

“My son is residence and higher,” Schumer stated in a Nov. 6 Instagram submit, thanking hospital employees.

Stream the primary three episodes of “The Checkup with Dr. David Agus,” that includes revealing interviews with celebrities together with Ashton Kutcher and his twin brother Michael, Oprah Winfrey and Maria Shriver, and Howie Mandel, who divulge heart’s contents to Dr. Agus about well being points affecting them and their households.