In Sixteen Years of Endometriosis
Laugh, cry, and shout with us as we talk all things endometriosis! We hope our podcast will support and empower you. Our podcast has 2 types of episodes: (1) Chats between Amy and Brittany, 2 best friends that pride ourselves on sharing accurate, well-researched information in a fun, digestible way. Hang out with us while we delve into embarrassing “did-that-really-just-happen?!” endo stories and talk vulnerably about our personal growth. Some of our favorite episodes are the later ones – we really love how our knowledge, and also we, have grown over time! (2) Amy leads amazing interviews with renowned excision surgeons, subject experts, and endo advocates worldwide! Remember, the info presented here is educational info only and NOT medical advice.
Episodes
June 22, 2025 • 62 mins
Today Amy speaks with Dr. Tatnai Burnett about endometriosis treatment. We talk about:
—the challenges of treating pain associated with superficial endo.
—how endo needs a multimodal approach using all the tools in the toolbox.
—his approach to exploring the causes of recurrent pain post excision.
🎤WHO IS DR. TATNAI BURNETT?🎤
Tatnai L. Burnett, M.D. is an assistant professor in obstetrics and gynecology at Mayo Cli...
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June 15, 2025 • 58 mins
Today Amy and Brittany talk about working with endometriosis:
—the mental battle to decide when you’re “sick enough” to call out and take the day off
—the pressure we might feel to hide how we are really feeling
—how draining it can be to work with chronic illness and how much it can take out of you physically and emotionally
Clickable links at www.insixteenyears.com/episode152
—Episode 89: Endometriosis and Disabili...
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June 7, 2025 • 74 mins
Today Amy speaks with Christina Saldanha about HRT/MHT. We talk about:
—options for hormone therapy such as: combined options, progestins vs progesterone, and using the pill in perimenopause.
—the different types of estrogen and how much estrogen blood levels rise with systemic HRT/MHT vs blood levels during our cycling years
—how soon a person should begin HRT/MHT after surgical menopause
🎤WHO IS CHRISTINA SALDANHA?🎤...
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June 1, 2025 • 65 mins
Today Amy speaks with Anna Holtzman about mind-body pain. We talk about:
—how black and white thinking in the mind-body world has led to gaslighting patients and harm.
—some of the ways that mind-body practices have helped us as people who had chronic pain.
—how are goals for our symptoms aren’t focused anymore on being 100% pain free, but rather on improving quality of life and knowing how to support ourselves on high sym...
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May 19, 2025 • 57 mins
Amy speaks with Lula Cuba about:
—how impossible it can be to find trustworthy endo information for non-English speakers
—her experience as an adolescent with endo growing up in difficult housing conditions
—the importance of checking your medical charts for mistakes, misdiagnoses, and harmful comments.
🎤WHO IS LULA CUBA?🎤
Lula Cuba is 33 years old and from Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. She was diagnosed with...
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May 11, 2025 • 19 mins
Listen to 2 chapters from Amy’s audiobook:
📖Chapter 8: “Climbing Out from Rock Bottom”
📖Chapter 56: “Be Proud of Yourself”
Amy’s book is available as a paperbook, e-book, and audiobook. See where to find it here: https://insixteenyears.com/where-to-find-my-book/
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May 4, 2025 • 64 mins
Amy speaks with Dr. Naomi Whittaker about:
—what NaPro Technology is and how it’s goal is to identify and address the underlying causes of gynecologic issues and infertility
—some of the tools that have helped her patients with fertility, such as formal cycle instruction and charting, intentional adhesion prevention during excision surgery, and the use of progesterone.
—the difference between NaPro Technology and IUI and I...
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April 20, 2025 • 46 mins
Amy and Brittany both follow an individualized diet for endo and chronic illness, which we’ve each been on for over a decade. We talk about the mistakes we made when we changed their way of eating for, such as:
—cutting out too many foods at once with no focus on bringing in new foods
—waiting too long to learn how to cook
—not realizing we needed mental health support for the feelings that came up around diet change.
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April 10, 2025 • 66 mins
Amy and Brittany each changed our diet over 15 years ago due to help manage our symptoms. While at first we abhorred our way of eating and found it tedious and a chore, we now embrace it as something that helps us feel our best, and we’ve learned new habits and ways of thinking that has made following our way of eating much easier. We talk about this shift in the way we see our food choices and how we got there, such as by:
—und...
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March 23, 2025 • 43 mins
Amy speaks with Yesenia Villalta about:
—the importance of boundaries and some examples of them in relation to chronic illness
—if there’s room for joy among our pain and how to find it
—how to redefine what a good life means to us with chronic illness
Yesenia and I also chatted in episode 129 about the emotions that can come up with endo.
🎤WHO IS YESENIA VILLALTA?🎤
Yesenia Villalta is a bilingual and bicultural...
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March 3, 2025 • 37 mins
Today I’m speaking with Kimether Redmon about how:
—the healthcare system is getting more and more dysfunctional and confusing
—healthcare provider burnout is common
—the average 10-12 minute appointment time doesn’t give enough time to meet the patient’s medical needs, which are becoming increasingly more complex.
🎤WHO IS KIMETHER REDMON?🎤
She is an endometriosis patient as well as a Family Nurse Practitioner serv...
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February 22, 2025 • 64 mins
Amy speaks with Dr. Abdala Karame about:
—if endometriomas can be distinguished from cysts in an ultrasound.
—how to treat endometriomas and the evidence available on hormonal suppression and endometrioma recurrence.
—if endometriomas always grow or not.
🎤WHO IS DR. ABDALA KARAME?🎤
Dr. Abdala Karame is a gynecologist obstetrician and specialists in assistive reproductive technology as well as an excision surgeon fo...
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February 2, 2025 • 55 mins
Amy speaks with Alysia, who tells us about:
—her experience with thoracic endometriosis
—the challenges of recovering from 2 strokes brought on by COVID
—what has helped her get through the darkest times with her health
🎤WHO IS ALYSIA J. DAGROSA, BCPA, CFSD, CLC?🎤
Born and bred in Brooklyn, NY Alysia grew up in a biracial household. Exposure to the rich cultures of both Southern Italy and St Vincent & the Grenadine...
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January 21, 2025 • 56 mins
Amy and Brittany talk about the challenges of getting good sleep. We chat about:
—some reasons why it’s tough to sleep well, from histamine to hormones to pain.
—our tips for improving our sleep, from using red lights at night to meditation apps to worry logs for our anxiety.
☀️CONNECT WITH AMY☀️
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Website: www.insixteenyears.com
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January 12, 2025 • 80 mins
Amy speaks with menopause specialist Jackie Piasta about:
—menopause, perimenopause, surgical menopause, and early menopause
—how the risks of hormonal replacement therapy were exaggerated by the media after the WHI study and how that’s led to unnecessary fear around HRT
—taking testosterone as part of HRT: what symptoms does it help and what data is there on it.
🎤WHO IS JACKIE PIASTA?🎤
Jackie Piasta, WHNP-BC, is a...
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January 5, 2025 • 81 mins
Amy speaks with Bev about:
—ableism and healthism: what they are, and how they affect people with chronic illness and/or disability
—the social vs the medical model of disability
—equity vs equality and the social determinants of health
🎤WHO IS BEV HERSCOVITCH?🎤
Bev Herscovitch is a writer, communications professional and healthcare and disability activist/advocate living in Toronto, Ontario. She is passionate abou...
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December 22, 2024 • 41 mins
Today Amy continues her conversation with Sophie about we want you to know if you are diagnosed with endo.
In part 1, we talked about the importance of educating ourselves on endo and the treatment options available. In this episode, we talk about:
—how the best improvements to quality of life often come from a full body approach
—the importance of finding mental health support
—how endometriosis isn’t your fault
🎤W...
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December 16, 2024 • 60 mins
Today Amy speaks with Sophie about we want you to know if you are diagnosed with endo. We talk about:
—the importance of educating yourself about this disease
—how it’s vital to inform yourself of the treatment options available so that you can have more informed consent when you make treatment decisions
—how connecting with the endo community can help you feel less isolated
🎤WHO IS SOPHIE KINLOCH?🎤
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December 8, 2024 • 67 mins
Amy speaks with Lyssette Horne about:
—their perspective on the myriad of obstacles endometriosis patients face in receiving adequate care
—their personal experience with endometriosis
🎤WHO IS LYSSETTE HORNE?🎤
Lyssette Horne (she/they) is a black, queer, and chronically ill artist, activist, and documentary filmmaker.
Lyssette is a fierce advocate for mental health and suicide prevention, harm reduction, and body p...
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December 1, 2024 • 80 mins
Amy and Brittany talk about how low self-worth has impacted their experience with endometriosis. We talk about:
—the untrue stories we told ourselves about our appearance and productivity and the negative effect that had on our lives
—how society taught us those stories through ableism, ageism, fatphobia, and other systems of oppression
—how much our lives have improved now that we understand our inherent worth
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