Padma Lakshmi recalls painful endometriosis battle: ‘I was really forlorn’
nypost.coman agonizing condition that occurs when uterine-like tissue grows outside the uterus.“I’ve had five different procedures. And I was very, very lucky to have my daughter — she was basically a miracle because … I was told I couldn’t have children,” the “Taste the Nation” creator, 53, told The Post.“I had one of my fallopian tubes removed and part of my left ovary removed by the time everything was said and done,” she added. “And I was really forlorn, as you can imagine.
But on the other hand, once I got on the other side of the pain, I saw what life was like for normal women — and it was a game changer.”Dr.
Tamer Seckin, an NYC board-certified gynecologist and laparoscopic surgeon, identified and treated Lakshmi’s endometriosis by carefully excising tissue.
The two co-founded EndoFound, a nonprofit that raises awareness and funds research on endometriosis, which affects about 10% of US women 15-44 years old.EndoFound is celebrating its 15th anniversary and honoring Bindi Irwin, 25, on Friday at Gotham Hall at its annual Blossom Ball.Irwin revealed her endometriosis battle last year, undergoing surgery at the Seckin Endometriosis Center in Lenox Hill Hospital.“For Bindi Irwin to go out and say, ‘The doctors removed 37 lesions from me.
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