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QC: Does Endometriosis Come Back After Surgery? The Truth About Recurrence | Dr. Gaby Moawad

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QC: Does Endometriosis Come Back After Surgery? The Truth About Recurrence | Dr. Gaby Moawad
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Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Does endometriosis really “come back” after surgery? And what if what we call recurrence isn’t always recurrence at all? In this episode of Endo Battery, we sit down with Professor Gaby Moawad, a globally recognized leader […]

Endometriosis Was “Not That Bad” — Until Surgery Revealed the Truth | Deb Stark

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Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Your doctor says your endometriosis “isn’t that bad” and you try to believe them. Then you learn the truth: organs fused together, years of pain explained in a single moment, and a realization that the system […]

QC: Why Your Nervous System Knows When The Doctor Does Not Care

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Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) We talk with pelvic health occupational therapist Karla Ehlers about why uncertainty can dysregulate the nervous system and make pelvic pain feel even harder. We share a clearer map of fight or flight, shutdown, and social […]

Endometriosis Care Needs Less Guessing And More Listening

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Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) We talk with Dr. Canio Martinelli about why endometriosis and pelvic pain get dismissed and how medical education can train future OBGYNs to reason better, listen better, and act sooner. We also dig into AI, global […]

QC: Feeling Safe In Your Body Again

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Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) We talk about what it feels like when your body becomes unpredictable and you stop feeling safe inside it. With pelvic health occupational therapist Karla Ehlers, we share how nervous system support and pre-surgery planning can […]

Approaching IVF And Excision Surgery With Confidence: With Dr. Sadikah Behbehani

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Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) “Unexplained infertility” can feel like a dead end, especially after you’ve done everything you were told to do and the embryo transfers still don’t stick. We sit down with Dr. Sadikah Behbehani, a double board certified […]

QC: You Can Learn To Notice Tension Before It Becomes Pain

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Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Your pelvic floor might be doing its job a little too well. When stress hits, many of us brace without noticing and that tension can land deep in the core, shaping everything from pelvic pain to […]

QC: School Accommodations For Hypermobility And Chronic Symptoms

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Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Waiting for a perfect diagnosis can cost your child months or years of support at school, and Dr. Sarah Cohen Solomon wants families to know they don’t have to wait. I sit down with Dr. Cohen […]

Pelvic Pain And The Nervous System

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Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Pelvic pain can make your body feel unpredictable, tense, and impossible to trust. But what if that tightness isn’t your body “breaking” at all, and it’s actually a protection strategy from a nervous system that’s been […]

QC: Chronic Illness And Family Life

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Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Chronic illness does not just change a body, it changes a marriage, a home, and the way your kids understand safety. I sit down with writer and advocate Kody Adamson to talk about what happens when […]

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