Endo Battery

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Endo Battery episodes

March 29, 2023 Advocating While Finding Proper Treatment in Australia with Alex of Invisible Iconic
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Alex of Invisable Iconic advocates for those in Australia. She gives us a glimpse of her Endometriosis journey and the lack of care and helped she has recived in results frustration, draining for her, and mental struggles. All to drive her to advocate more for Endo care in Australia. Alex talks about ways and pushing for systimatic changes in care by:
- pushing to educate more doctors to do expert excision.
- making excision more accessible for them to get training with providing more government funding.
- changing the narrative around Endometriosis and all that it encompasses.

Alex talks about being movtived because her surgeries to advocate more for Endo. Her surgeries that she has already had weren't enough, and she is still struggling with Endo even though she had the 'best' docs in Australia perform her surgery. She discussed what her next steps might be, but is just frustrated for the lack of experienced and well trained excision specialists in Australia.

We wanted to bring light to what others are dealing with in other countries and ways people are pushing the narrative and helping other's in their country fight the Endo fight too. Things need to and won't change unless people like Alex, us, and many others push for better education, care, and advocacy.

We see and hear you, Alex!

Take a listen and let us know if you have any ideas for others in other countries.

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51 min
March 22, 2023 Mental Health and Endo with Keara Newton
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In this episode we talk about how the effects that Endometriosis plays on our mental health. Keara walks us through:
-What gaslighting is
-The need to have a support group
-Understanding the challenges healthcare providers have in treating their patients
- "secondary Endo" what is that?
- Adjusting our mindset and emotions after disappointment and hopelessness.
- Ways to support your mental health with this invasive disease.

We talk about all these things and more as a way that you can recharge your battery.

https://nancysnookendo.com/

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50 min
March 08, 2023 Being an Endo Warrior in Healthcare; Inge's Story
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Inge gets vulnerable with her story and the challenging obstacles of;
- being ignored
- being confronted with feeling crazy
- being misdiagnosed
- chasing symtoms, and a diagnosis
- navigating her own pain and diagnosis while being in healthcare
- figuring out next steps of "secondary Endo"
- hormone imbalance and finding solutions
and talking about how dealing with endometriosis doesn't stop life from happening all around us.

Inge's story and vulnerability will resonate with so many people, you wont want to miss it.

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47 min
February 08, 2023 Gaslit, Misdiagnosed, Mind Games, and Lingering Effects of Endo are All Part of Chelsea's Story
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Chelsea invites us into her story. A story filled with delayed diagnoses, misdiagnoses, chased diagnoses, and trauma of being gaslit. Chelsea was made to feel like she was mentally ill because they had no other idea why should would be complaining of pain, an all too familiar story of many endometriosis patients. She walks us through how she because a better advocate for herself and others that have complicated cases. She also gives us hope that we can get the help we need to improve the quality of our lives.

If you've been:
-Misdiagnosed
-Gaslit
-Told her have a mental disability
-Been over medicated and under seen
-Had lingering effects of delayed diagnoses
-Used medicine as a band-aid for your pain
-Had to advocate hard to be heard
- Looking for hope

Then Chelsea's Story will resonate with you.

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43 min
February 01, 2023 Talking all things Nancy's Nook, the Pioneering of Excision Surgery, Progress of Endometriosis Education, and Endo History with Nancy Petersen
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In this episode we have the massive honor of sitting down with Nancy Petersen from Nancy's Nook, which most know her today from an ever growing Facebook educational page for Endometriosis currently supporting about 170k people! Her mission for this page is, "Supporting you to understand the disease, advocate for your health, and get the best possible treatment." We believe she is the true pioneer and attribute the progress of Endometriosis treatment to her trail blazing years of traveling around, educating on this disease, and creating this group to support the ever growing numbers in the fight for this disease!

Nancy walks us through her journey of diagnosis, failed treatment with ablation surgery and a total hysterectomy leaving her with untreated leg pain, which ultimately lead her to finding Dr. Redwine and his studies.

Nancy tells us the story of forming Nancy's Nook with an effort to share information to people seeking non-big pharma education and research to all patients in effort to better advocate for themselves. Part of this education is knowing that endometriosis takes not only a physical toll on our bodies, but a toll on our mental health. Nancy talks about how far the Endometriosis and Adenomyosis community has come, however, the abundance of gaslighting and trauma is still too much.

Once given a diagnosis, if surgery is not done by a skilled Endometriosis surgeon, disease is often missed. We learn that reproductive organs such as, uterus, ovaries, cervix are not the main location of Endometriosis, but the lower pelvis is a big culprit to this invasive disease.

Nancy is a wealth of knowledge and educates for women's health.
She shares her expertise on:
- proper diagnosis
- gaslighting
- chronic pain
- proper education
- mental health resources
- continued advocacy on Endometriosis and other chronic diseases that often can be closely associated with Endometriosis.

Grab a cup of coffee or tea and a notebook because you will be enlighten along the way! We hope you enjoy and learn just as much as we did from Nancy Petersen!

https://nancysnookendo.com/

https://youtu.be/oCboTla2iZ8

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38 min
January 25, 2023 A Real Conversation on Talking to Family About Endometriosis With Alanna's Mom
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In this episode we have an honest, vulnerable, and raw conversation surrounding being an adult and communicating our endometriosis journey to our loved ones. Alanna's mom, Sharon, shares what she's learned as well as things she wished she would have known. We talk about ways that Alanna could have been better at effectively communicated her struggles with her endometriosis and adenomyosis journey to have gotten more support from her family. But also about the mental health and fatigue that comes along with these diseases that can make thinking outside of the now a little more hard because of how demanding the chronic disease is.

We hope you listen and share with you friends and family that support you in this journey.
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37 min
January 11, 2023 How Do We Incorporate Healthy Movement and Nutrition?
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We talk to Matthew Preston of Colorado Nutrition and Matthew Mosebar, of In-House fitness about ways to readjust our minds about exercise and food.

What are misconceptions surrounding exercise and diet that are more toxic and harmful than helpful? Does more working out equal being healthier? Is every diet out there beneficial? We talk about healthy ways to approach whole body healing and health.

Matthew Preston, Colorado Nutrition
https://www.coloradonutrition.com/

Matthew Mosebar, In-House Fitness
https://www.inhouse.fitness/
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59 min
January 04, 2023 8 Ways to Recharge Your Battery in the New Year
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These 8 ways that we have suggested can recharge your battery and set yourself up for a more successful year!

We talk about the ways that deplete your battery as well as ways that could potentially increase your capacity to enjoy more in life! Which we all know as chronic illness warriors this is something we hope for.

It's important for those with Endo or any chronic pain or illness to be more intentional with ways to live their life to the fullest! Here are 8 tools for your tool belt.

What tools will you set up for 2023?
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37 min
December 28, 2022 Happy New Year! Funny Memories and Laughter
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In this episode get to know Shelby and Alanna as they share some funny stories and life experiences. Getting to know each other and the things that have formed and shaped who we are as people. It always helps to know more about the people that we invite into our life. We're ending 2022 with with a toast!
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41 min
December 21, 2022 You're Not Married to Your Doctor
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In this episode we talk about finding the best care for you, and not feeling married to your doctor just because you don't want to break your loyalty. We talk about things you should look for in your providers. Tips on finding a doctor, physical therapist, councilor, and other providers that can serve you well in your endometriosis, and overall health journey. We talk about red flags and green lights that will help create a better outcome in your journey.
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49 min

About Endo Battery

From the publisher's feed

You are not alone. You are not imagining it. And you deserve answers.

Welcome to Endo Battery, a podcast for anyone navigating endometriosis, adenomyosis, chronic pelvic pain, chronic…

illness, or the often overwhelming journey to diagnosis, treatment, and healing.

Endometriosis can take more than your health. It can drain your energy, your confidence, your relationships, your fertility, your career, and the life you thought you would have. Adenomyosis and chronic pelvic pain can leave you feeling just as exhausted, dismissed, and misunderstood. Endo Battery was created to help you recharge.

Hosted by endometriosis advocate and Endo Warrior Alanna Trzcinski, Endo Battery brings together real patient stories, leading medical experts, researchers, surgeons, pelvic health professionals, and advocates to explore what is really happening inside the world of endometriosis and chronic illness.

But this isn't just another medical podcast.

Endo Battery is a place where science meets lived experience. Where difficult conversations become empowering ones. Where patients can learn how to advocate for themselves, understand their options, ask better questions, and feel less alone.

Each episode explores topics including:

• Endometriosis diagnosis, symptoms, and misdiagnosis
• Adenomyosis and chronic pelvic pain
• Excision surgery, ablation, and treatment options
• Fertility and endometriosis
• Hormones, hysterectomy, surgical menopause, and HRT
• Pelvic floor health and pelvic physical therapy
• Nerve pain, neuropelviology, and the nervous system
• Endometriosis outside the pelvis, including bowel and thoracic endometriosis
• Chronic illness, inflammation, and complex conditions
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, POTS, MCAS, and other overlapping conditions
• Patient advocacy, medical gaslighting, and navigating healthcare
• Emerging research and the future of endometriosis care
• The emotional reality of living with chronic illness

You'll hear from people who have lived through years of pain and uncertainty, as well as experts working to change the way endometriosis and chronic illness are understood, diagnosed, and treated.

Because knowledge can be empowering. The right information can change the questions you ask, the care you seek, and the way you understand your own body.

Most importantly, Endo Battery is about more than a diagnosis.

It's about the person behind the diagnosis.

It's about finding your voice when you've been told your pain is normal. Finding hope when you're exhausted. Finding community when you feel isolated. And finding the energy to keep moving forward when chronic illness has taken so much from you.

Whether you've just started wondering if you have endometriosis, you're newly diagnosed, you've been fighting for answers for years, you're recovering from surgery, you're living with adenomyosis or chronic pelvic pain, or you're a loved one or healthcare provider trying to understand more—there is a place for you here.

This is your reminder that you don't have to navigate it alone.

Charge forward with us.

Listen. Learn. Question. Advocate. Recharge.

Welcome to Endo Battery.