Bindi Irwin Reveals 10-Year Battle With Endometriosis

Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late 📺Steve Irwin, opened up about her private 🏥Health battle.

In an Instagram post shared by Irwin, 24, on Tuesday, she disclosed her diagnosis to the world for the first time. In the caption accompanying a photo of her lying in a hospital bed, she explained her motivation behind publicly sharing her story was she felt a responsibility “for other women who need help.”

“For 10yrs I’ve struggled with insurmountable fatigue, pain nausea. Trying to remain a positive person hide the pain has been a very long road. These last 10yrs have included many tests, doctors visits, scans, etc,” she wrote.

Irwin further explained that when she went to the doctor for her symptoms, she was told “it was simply something you deal with as a woman” which caused her to give up “entirely” as she tried “to function through the pain.”

After receiving help from a friend, Irwin revealed she made the decision “to undergo surgery for endometriosis.”

She shared:

“Going in for surgery was scary but I knew I couldn’t live like I was. Every part of my life was getting torn apart because of the pain. To cut a long story short, they found 37 lesions, some very deep difficult to remove, a chocolate cyst. first words to me when I was in recovery were, ‘How did you live with this much pain?’ Validation for years of pain is indescribable.”

Irwin expressed how grateful she was to those who have helped and supported her through this.