British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Africa Fact-check co-host Ciru Muriuki who was recently admitted in hospital for surgery is recuperating well after the procedure.
Taking to Twitter to let her fans in on her condition, the media personality explained that she was feeling sore but was fine.
“I had my third surgery for endometriosis yesterday. I’m feeling a little battered and bruised, but ok otherwise. We need a cure,” she wrote.
Ciru first announced she was admitted in hospital a few days ago and disclosed that she was due for a third surgery to help ease her condition.
“I’m back in hospital for my third surgery. This journey with endometriosis has not been easy. On the bright side, my skin is popping. We thank God,” she wrote.
In a previous post, the media personality revealed that she had been diagnosed with endometrioma at 23 after experiencing unbearable menstrual pains.
“My periods were horrendously painful since high school. I hunched over to move from one point to another. I couldn’t walk upright. I would be vomiting after meals. My daily routine would be completely disrupted.”
Before her diagnosis, Ciru Muriuki’s recalled being told by her employers to stop being dramatic.
“Employers would not understand what I was going through. An employer starts wondering if it’s worth it keeping you when every month you are asking for sick off.”
In December 2017 Ciru underwent a laparoscopic procedure to remove a large hemorrhagic ovarian cyst that had been growing in her uterus.
“We need a cure. We do,” she wrote afterwards.
Ciru underwent a second surgery in October 2018, a procedure she highly hoped would change her condition for the better.
“Currently in post-endometriosis surgery recovery. I’m sore but relieved. Hopefully, this surgery goes some way in alleviating my chronic pain,” said Ms Muriuki.
Endometriosis
Endometriosis occurs when the outside of your uterus acts like the inside of it. The uterine lining thickens and breaks down with the menstrual cycle. Because the tissue has nowhere to go it accumulates forming lesions which cause pain. The disease has no cure but can be managed.
According to Dr Kireki Omanwa, an obstetrician-gynaecologist and fertility expert, during menstruation, blood flows through the cervix and out the vagina. But sometimes, it flows back through the fallopian tubes and into the pelvic cavity.
And since menstrual blood contains cells from the endometrial lining “these cells inside the pelvic cavity grow and become bigger – like benign tumours.” Some endometrial tissue can move as far as the brain and lungs and grow in size with time.
Former radio presenter Njambi Koikai suffered from the same condition where her endometriosis spread to her lungs, teeth, appendix and heart, forcing her to seek medical care abroad.
“I had a total of 12 surgeries in one year as my lungs were collapsing every month. I was advised to get specialized treatment,” she said.
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