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Why are millions of people with uteruses in unexplained and untreated pain? I'm diving deep into the research, history, and effects of severe menstrual pain, and the misogyny in medicine that leaves us alone in our pain.
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Why Do So Many Endo Excision Surgeons Not Take Insurance? (opens the original)
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Hey Crampers! I have historically been very frugal when it comes to healthcare. Until a couple years ago, if it wasn’t covered by my insurance, I probably didn’t really need it. Unfortunately, sticking to my guns on that probably contributed to the 23-year delay in my endometriosis diagnosis. When I finally did enough research to understand that most specialists who could help me with endometriosis didn’t take insurance (and the ones who did had months-to-years-long waits), I accepted the unfair
The Lab That’s Decoding Your Menstrual Blood (opens the original)
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Hey crampers! Have you ever peed in a cup so your doctor could run a test on it? How about spit in a vial and sent it in the mail? Have you ever collected a stool sample? It’s all pretty gross right? But we go ahead and we put our various bodily fluids in cups and vials and tubes so that doctors and lab techs can run tests they’ve developed to learn more about what’s going on inside our bodies. Did you ever wonder why you’ve never been asked to collect a sample of your menstrual blood (or menstr
How to Pay for Period Pain (opens the original)
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Hey Crampers, In December 2024 I sent you a breakdown of every dollar I spent getting a diagnosis and treating my severe period pain over the course of that year. It totaled up to almost $15k, and that was before I even got my surgery. I literally spent all my money on getting a diagnosis of endometriosis (which 1 in 10 people with a uterus is estimated to have) and treating my symptoms, almost all of which was not covered by my insurance. I
Are There Heavy Metals in our Tampons? And is that...bad for us? (opens the original)
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It’s wild how many times I come up with a question, think “There’s no way I’ll find enough here for an episode,” and then emerge disheveled from a research rabbit hole two weeks later like…<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="160.3125" src="ht
All The CRAMPED Endo Episodes (opens the original)
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Many of you reading this have endometriosis. 1 in 10 people with a uterus has endo, and if you’ve experienced long-term severe period pain without any other diagnosis, at this point you might be just assuming you have endo, but stuck wondering what to do next. So here is a playlist of every single CRAMPED podcast episode about endo, for any situation you might be in. If you’re wondering if you might have endo: I Got A Diagnosi
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