タラ・リピンスキーさんのインスタグラム写真 - (タラ・リピンスキーInstagram)「This is me two weeks ago before going in for a laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis. I know I could have chosen to move on and not share my experience, but I didn’t want to miss an opportunity to help even a few people- to inform and support other women who may be struggling with this painful disease. As an athlete I’ve been conditioned to be hyper competitive about succumbing to pain and injury, something that definitely helped during my skating career. But it’s probably not the best approach now. I went in and out of this surgery pretending it wasn’t happening and telling myself to feel no pain and get back to my normal routine immediately. And while I feel lucky to be “back in the game” under the care of an incredible surgeon, I still thought I’d share my journey, hopefully to bring more awareness to this condition. For starters, I am a very health conscious person. I’m always testing and checking for illness or things that feel “off,” and keeping myself as healthy and informed as possible has been a priority. I’ve always felt like an encyclopedia of what could physically go wrong with my body- and I’ve taken pride in that. The irony of my endometriosis diagnosis is that I knew almost nothing about a disorder that affects one in ten women. That’s 176 million people. I’d never heard another woman mention “endo” or the complications and pain that accompany it. And that definitely shows the lack of information that’s out there and the comfort level that affected women have discussing their endometriosis. Endo is a disease in which cell similar to the lining of the uterus are found outside of the uterus. Endo lesions can grow on your organs (bladder, ovaries, bowels to name a few) causing scarring and adhesions, and that can sometimes result in these organs sticking together. This is all accompanied by inflammation and pain.   I think the more we talk about endometriosis, the more proactive we can be about treatment. To me, it feels like a hush hush topic that women feel they just need to tough out. No woman should live in pain or think “this is just something I have to deal with.” My story began years ago. I am one of the lucky ones. CONT IN SLIDES」9月17日 6時51分