{"id":598,"date":"2026-06-08T14:49:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/06\/08\/amy-schumer-says-endometriosis-can-strip-you-of-everything-you-love-after-years-long-struggle\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T14:49:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:49:54","slug":"amy-schumer-says-endometriosis-can-strip-you-of-everything-you-love-after-years-long-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/06\/08\/amy-schumer-says-endometriosis-can-strip-you-of-everything-you-love-after-years-long-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Schumer Says Endometriosis Can \u2018Strip You of Everything You Love\u2019 After Years-Long Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The actress, 45, shared alarming facts about the painful condition<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/hpA6dzrFfkSnRZCXmEwg3dn5uLg=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/amy-schumer-1-daf452307f28402fbaff5aa10115b49f.jpg\" alt=\"Amy Schumer attends the premiere of' 'Lorne' on April 09, 2026, in New York City.Credit: Theo Wargo\/Getty\" title=\"Amy Schumer posing in front of a yellow background\" \/><figcaption><i>Amy Schumer attends the premiere of&#8217; &#8216;Lorne&#8217; on April 09, 2026, in New York City.<br \/>Credit: Theo Wargo\/Getty<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Amy Schumer shared alarming facts about endometriosis, including its ability to grow on any organ and cause pain<\/li>\n<li>Schumer was diagnosed after her son\u2019s 2019 birth and underwent a hysterectomy and appendectomy to treat the condition<\/li>\n<li>She described feeling validated after learning the extent of her condition and stressed the need for more research <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/amy-schumer\/\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Schumer<\/a> is detailing how difficult it can be to live with severe endometriosis.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, June 7, the <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/amy-schumer-kinda-pregnant-critics-trashing-for-clicks-8787088\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Kinda Pregnant<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>actress, 45, posted on her Instagram Stories and shared a few jarring facts about the reproductive condition, stressing the need for more research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEndometriosis affects 10% of women,\u201d she said. \u201cThe average diagnosis delay is 7-10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEndometriosis can grow onto almost ANY organ in your body,\u201d she wrote, adding that it \u201ccan create its own nerve supply\u2026meaning it quite literally crest pathways for pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese facts are devastating, but this goes to show how much this community deserves the time, money and research,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt\u2019s especially as important to recognize how truly strong you have to be to live with something that can strip you of everything you love in the blink of an eye.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/yCWcnOg2tp8F3F0eO8AwuBLgjnA=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/amy-schumer-2-f7c0702ea9ad4f25974041d17b30e4c1.jpg\" alt=\"Amy Schumer's post about endometriosisCredit: Amy Schumer\/Instagram\" title=\"A woman sitting and looking thoughtful accompanied by text about endometriosis awareness and statistics\" \/><figcaption><i>Amy Schumer&#8217;s post about endometriosis<br \/>Credit: Amy Schumer\/Instagram<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Sign up for <\/strong><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/from-the-editor-newsletter-sign-up-form-11953046\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>From the Editor<\/strong><\/a><strong>, our free weekly newsletter from PEOPLE&#8217;s Editor-in-Chief, Charlotte Triggs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In May 2025, Schumer spoke about her experience with endometriosis at the <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lo-bosworth-endometriosis-surgery-after-fiance-jaw-surgery-exclusive-11736220\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">13th Annual Endometriosis Foundation<\/a> of America&#8217;s Blossom Ball. She recalled living in &#8220;pain that nobody can see&#8221; for &#8220;most days of the month&#8221; before receiving her official diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>Endometriosis &#8220;is a disease in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus,&#8221; according to the <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/endometriosis\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Health Organization<\/a>, which estimates that approximately 190 million women worldwide have the disease.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until the 2019 birth of her son, <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/amy-schumer-son-gene-everything-to-know-7503095\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gene David Fischer<\/a>, whom she shares with her estranged husband <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/amy-schumer-chris-fischer-relationship-timeline\/\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Fischer<\/a>, that Schumer said her doctor diagnosed her with endometriosis and <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/health\/gabrielle-union-adenomyosis\/\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adenomyosis<\/a> \u2014 when tissue grows into the uterine wall \u2014 and sent her to see <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.endofound.org\/-\/tamer-seckin\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Tamer Seckin<\/a>, founder of the advocacy group EndoFound.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/5f1H62nyIJyh6zwpdbPO7u3G3VY=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/amy-schumer-lorne-premiere-041026-1-12c9431a139b4979be8a9247980f7712.jpg\" alt=\"Amy Schumer attends the premiere of' 'Lorne' on April 09, 2026, in New York City.Credit: Cindy Ord\/WireImage\" title=\"Amy Schumer attends the premiere of Focus Features' \" \/><figcaption><i>Amy Schumer attends the premiere of&#8217; &#8216;Lorne&#8217; on April 09, 2026, in New York City.<br \/>Credit: Cindy Ord\/WireImage<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Schumer said it was \u201ca unique experience to have the proof for the first time. To sit down in his office, and have him go through and show me the 33 [attachments] that I had from endo. That my appendix was being choked by endometriosis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That I had chocolate cysts [which are <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/22004-ovarian-endometrioma\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full of old blood<\/a>] in my ovaries,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And that it was a miracle that I was able to carry a child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conversation, she said, left her \u201cjust weeping and weeping and weeping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSitting there, feeling seen, he lifted the pain out of my body. I am pain-free now for about five or six years,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n<p>The actress ultimately underwent a <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/health\/amy-schumer-feels-like-a-new-person-after-endometriosis-treatment\/\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hysterectomy and an appendectomy<\/a> to help treat the disease in September 2021.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The actress, 45, shared alarming facts about the painful condition Amy Schumer attends the premiere of&#8217; &#8216;Lorne&#8217; on April 09, 2026, in New York City.Credit: Theo Wargo\/Getty NEED TO KNOW Amy Schumer shared alarming facts about endometriosis, including its ability to grow on any organ and cause pain Schumer was diagnosed after her son\u2019s 2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything-else"],"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"1":{"name":"Everything Else","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/category\/everything-else\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}