Bindi Irwin gives health update as she receives top honour for her advocacy ... trends now
Bindi Irwin offered fans an update on her endometriosis battle as she was honoured with a major award at the 12th Annual Blossom Ball in New York on Friday.
The 25-year-old told Access Hollywood that she was doing well after a tough period with the disease.
'If you had asked me a couple years ago if I would be standing here, I wouldn't have believed you in a million years. Endometriosis was taking over my life and every day felt like just getting one foot in front of the other,' she said.
'Now to be on the other side of surgery, the gratitude that I feel in my heart is overwhelming'.
Bindi added: 'To be here tonight at the Blossom Ball celebrating [not just] the wins for endometriosis but also to bring awareness for girls and women around the world who are in desperate, desperate need of treatment and care and validation, that's why we're all here'.
Bindi Irwin offered fans an update on her endometriosis battle as she was honoured with a major award at the 12th Annual Blossom Ball in New York on Friday (pictured)
Joined by her family - brother Robert Irwin and mum Terri Irwin - the wildlife warrior was the recipient of the 2024 Endometriosis Foundation of America's Blossom Award at the black-tie charity event held at Gotham Hall in Manhattan.
The honour was for her advocacy work around endometriosis, after coming forward about battling the disease
Last year, Bindi addressed her 10-year battle with endometriosis.
Bindi, who shares daughter Grace Warrior, one, with her husband Chandler Powell, revealed there were moments the pain was so unbearable that she thought she was going through a pregnancy loss.
'Along my pregnancy journey. I would often have times where I thought I was miscarrying because I would have severe unexplained pain,' she told Good Morning America in October.
'I would think that I was losing our beautiful daughter.'
Last year, Bindi addressed her 10-year battle with endometriosis. Bindi, who shares daughter Grace Warrior, one, with her husband Chandler Powell, revealed there were moments the pain was so unbearable that she thought she was going through a pregnancy loss
In March, the daughter of the late Steve 'the Crocodile Hunter' Irwin spoke for the first time about her battle with the disease in a lengthy Instagram post.
The Crikey! It's the Irwins star said she had spent ten years 'torn apart [by] the pain' and knew she had to have surgery because she 'couldn't live like I was'.
She explained how the surgeon from the Seckin Endometriosis Center in New York City had removed a total of thirty-seven lesions and a 'chocolate cyst' - a term for a cyst filled with menstrual blood.
Endometriosis is an often painful condition in which the tissue that lines the uterus also grows outside the uterus.
There are a wide variety of symptoms: pain can affect areas ranging from the abdomen and lower back to the pelvis and vagina.
Joined by her family - brother Robert Irwin and mum Terri Irwin - the wildlife warrior was the recipient of the 2024 Endometriosis Foundation of America's Blossom Award at the black-tie charity event held at Gotham Hall in Manhattan. All pictured
Other symptoms include painful sexual intercourse, abnormal menstruation, nausea, bloating, and pain with bowel movements.
Bindi at first wasn't sure if she wanted to discuss her health publicly, but decided to speak out because she hoped to help other women struggling with endometriosis.
She also wanted to draw attention to the fact doctors often do not take the condition seriously enough, noting how one physician had once told her the pain was just a normal part of being a woman.
'For ten years I've struggled with insurmountable fatigue, pain and nausea. Trying to remain a positive person and hide the pain has been a very long road,' she began.
'These last ten years have included many tests, doctors visits, scans, etc.'
Bindi continued: 'A doctor told me it was simply something you deal with as a woman and I gave up
