00:00it was that bad i'd be vomiting fainting couldn't go to school couldn't study a condition that's
00:06left countless aussie women in agony and doubt is finally being recognized for what it is a real and
00:14treatable cause of chronic pelvic pain the problem is that because it's so common there's this
00:20misconception that is normal that just because you're a female that you're meant to suffer
00:25and meant to have pain and it's difficult from a diagnostic point of view it's challenging because
00:32there is a ridiculous amount of potential diagnosis causing the pain in the same area
00:40and that's why it makes it difficult for physicians to figure it out a main contributor is pelvic
00:46congestion syndrome varicose veins in the pelvis for decades sufferers were dismissed and left to
00:53cope with searing pain on their own it was pretty unbearable um i lived on anywhere from minimum
00:59seven out of ten pain a day at one point at the absolute worst i was having to take tramadol
01:07just to take the edge off to be able to work full time in emma's case doctors repeatedly told her it
01:13was just period pain she was misdiagnosed several times before she was diagnosed with chronic pelvic
01:20pain where they found a blocked vein 12 years of pain and being told it was normal period pain um
01:29yeah no one could do anything and then i met lorencia now two wollongong researchers have pioneered a
01:36treatment capable of providing relief to women with a procedure that inserts a stent or balloon into the
01:43vein emma had the stenting procedure in 2022 and is now 21 weeks pregnant this whole team here gave me
01:53the opportunity to fall pregnant which we didn't ever think was an option beforehand it gave me a life
01:59that i didn't think i was going to have at all for many women it's been life-changing and the pair
02:06have shared their high success rate after observing patients a decade after the procedure
02:12these women are able to do the normal stuff that that we all take for granted like going for a walk
02:17going for a run going to the gym getting fit dance stand at a concert for you know two or three hours
02:25uh so it's incredible to see uh the joy of the little things that make life worth living
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