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56 \\ Endometriosis and Surgical Menopause - Interview with Ana Herrera

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Anna says HRT led to a life-threatening blood clot after surgical menopause.

1. Healthier Life Through Menopause Podcast with Catherine Shelton features episode 56 on Ana Herrera and stage four endometriosis. 2. Catherine Shelton hosts, and Ana González-Herrera is the guest because she lived through endometriosis, surgical menopause, and a career change into hormone health. 3. The episode asks what a woman can do after severe endometriosis, a full hysterectomy, and a blood clot changed her treatment path. 4. Ana says her symptoms started in her mid-20s in London with extremely painful and heavy periods. 5. She says a doctor in Spain diagnosed her with endometriosis, and she explains that the condition can take around seven years to diagnose. 6. Ana describes endometriosis as tissue similar to the uterine lining infiltrating organs, and she says her colon was also affected. 7. She says she had five laparoscopic surgeries, with pain relief lasting about six months to a year before symptoms returned. 8. Ana connects symptom flare-ups to extreme stress, saying cortisol rises, the immune system drops, and the endometriosis came back with a vengeance. 9. She says that in Maida Vale she fainted before work, then took ibuprofen and kept going because she was leading a large team. 10. Ana says her last crisis came after she moved to New York and ended with a full hysterectomy and colon resection at age 49. 11. She says the hysterectomy stopped the endometriosis pain but created a grief process around femininity and reproductive organs. 12. Ana says surgical menopause arrived overnight, instead of the average seven-year perimenopause-to-menopause transition she names in the conversation. 13. She says HRT was prescribed, but after about three months she had a blood clot and had to stop. 14. Ana says the HRT side effect pushed her to look for a non-HRT solution and to create something for women who cannot or do not want HRT. 15. She says she joined the Endometriosis Foundation of America as a board adviser and then built Hormone University as an educational platform. 16. Ana says Glow Botanica, soon to be Glow by Hormone University, was developed with an integrative OBGYN and four studies, and that the products contain no hormones. 17. She says Tummy Butter uses a transdermal approach with wild yam root and is designed for heavy periods, bloating, hot flashes, libido, and cramps. 18. Catherine and Ana keep the tone practical and personal, with Catherine asking direct follow-up questions about symptoms, HRT, products, and lifestyle. 19. Women with endometriosis, surgical menopause, or hormone questions would likely benefit from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting a purely medical lecture or a short wellness teaser may skip it.

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