CRAMPED

Kate Helen Downey

Tired of suffering from "death cramps" for 20 years, Kate Helen Downey has to find her own answers. She interviews top doctors and researchers, and delves into topics from period poops to endometriosis surgery to TikTok wellness scams, all to figure out why menstrual pain is so often dismissed and untreated. What she finds will change how you think about your own body and the medical system. Because having a microphone gets you more answers than having a uterus.

  1. hace 6 d

    The Impact of Endometriosis on Male Partners Study, w/ Comedian Jenny Zigrino

    Join the Patreon (even as a free member!) to listen to the full episode: https://www.patreon.com/CRAMPED Comedian Jenny Zigrino was posting so many hilarious videos about endo studies on Instagram that I invited her over to my house to do a deep dive on 2017's "A qualitative study of the impact of endometriosis on male partners". As you can imagine, we get heated. Plus we get deep into Jenny's experience with endo, a frank conversation about pain with sex, her recent autoimmune diagnosis, and the treatment that has helped her endo a lot lately. Join the Patreon at a paid tier to make CRAMPED my full-time job! Without 374 people joining a paid tier this month, I will have to cut down CRAMPED episodes to 1-2 a month. Keep it weekly! Go to the CRAMPED Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/CRAMPED)Make sure you are logged inClick the Membership tab at the top of the page.Pick the paid tier you want and click Join Follow Jenny Zigrino on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennyzigrino/?hl=en The study: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5850214/ Thank you to Beducated for sponsoring CRAMPED! Take the Beducated Quiz: https://beduc.at/pd2659-cramped See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  2. 21 jul

    The HER Agenda: Three Bills About Period Pain, w/ Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari

    Representative Yassamin Ansari has passed out from cramps in a New York bodega and in a hair salon with foils in her hair. She KNOWS period pain. She is also the Arizona congresswoman who just introduced the HER Agenda to Congress, a package of bills proposing 12 days of paid reproductive health leave, better pain management for gynecological procedures, and more research into PMDD. Kate talks to her about her pain meds, how the HER Agenda came together, and the single most useful thing a cramper can do right now to help get it passed. Join the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/cramped See the co-sponsors of H.R.8158 - the Reproductive Healthcare Leave Act: https://bit.ly/4fkDYUv Find your representative & contact info: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice. Thank you to Beducated for sponsoring CRAMPED! Take the Beducated Quiz: https://beduc.at/pd2659-cramped See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  3. 14 jul

    What If My Healthiest Self Isn't My Thinnest Self?

    About three months after her endo excision surgery, Kate noticed something unexpected lurking underneath all her ideas about her health: a subconscious belief that once her period pain was fixed, she would automatically be thinner. Where did that thought come from? How did it get so deep in her head without her even knowing it was there? Kate brings on two experts to help untangle it: medical anthropologist and UC Santa Cruz professor Nancy N. Chen, who traces how cultural ideas about health and bodies have shifted across centuries and medical systems, and body image coach Sarah Simpson (@sarahinyellow), who breaks down how capitalism and diet culture specifically exploit the desire to be fixed. Together they make a surprisingly convincing case that the antidote to all of it is community. Join the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/cramped CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice. BEDUCATED QUIZ LINK: https://beduc.at/pd2623-cramped Nancy Chen's TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_n_chen_the_inaccurate_link_between_body_ideals_and_health Sarah Simpson - @sarahinyellow on Instagram See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  4. 7 jul

    Melasma, Drugs That Delay Menopause, and Girl Gone Wild with Courtney Kocak

    Writer, podcaster, and comedian Courtney Kocak talks about her period pain history, her Hashimoto's diagnosis, and the longevity drug she's currently taking to try to delay menopause and preserve her ovarian reserve. They also get into why perimenopause is basically puberty in reverse, what happens inside your body when an ovarian cyst ruptures in a Taco Bell, and why birth control gave them both a skin discoloration called melasma. Join the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/cramped CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice. BEDUCATED QUIZ LINK: https://beduc.at/pd2623-cramped PEARL Study: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12074816/ VIBRANT Study: https://reports.obgyn.columbia.edu/2024-annual-report/ground-breaking-clinical-trial-explores-delaying-menopause/ Courtney's book Girl Gone Wild: https://bookshop.org/p/books/girl-gone-wild-courtney-kocak/f3c06a53692352f1 Courtney's podcast Parts Unknown: https://pod.link/1154304419?view=apps&sort=popularity See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  5. 30 jun

    Forgetting Everything I've Learned: Acupuncture, Fertility, and the Sunk Cost Fallacy

    PATREON-ONLY EPISODE TEASER Join the CRAMPED Patreon to listen to the full episode: https://patreon.com/cramped I've spent spent years learning to advocate for myself, trust my body, and walk out of rooms where I'm not being listened to. So why did I stick with a provider who was dismissing my concerns, prescribing unnecessary medications, and wasting my time and my money? This is the full story of a fertility acupuncture practice that wasn't right for me from day one, the sunk cost fallacy that kept me going back anyway, and the thousands of dollars in supplements, testing devices, and treatments that I'll never get back. BEDUCATED QUIZ LINK: https://beduc.at/pd2623-cramped CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice. Portia Nelson's poem Autobiography In Five Chapters: https://www.mindfulnesstherapy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/autobiography-in-five-chapters-portia-nelson.pdf See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  6. 23 jun

    The Pain Scale Is Useless and Everybody Knows It

    Scale of one to ten, how much does it hurt? If you have ever sat in an ER thinking "eleven" and said "seven," Golda Arthur of the Overlooked podcast understands completely. She did the same thing during a thunderclap headache episode, and has been thinking about it ever since. Kate and Golda dissect the broken language of pain: the useless pain scale, the research showing doctors are trained to hear men's pain as physical and women's pain as emotional, and how even Virginia Woolf in 1926 complained that there aren't accurate words in the English language to describe pain. Join the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/cramped CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice. BEDUCATED QUIZ LINK: https://beduc.at/pd2623-cramped Overlooked Podcast: https://overlookedpod.com/ The Girl Who Cried Pain study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11521267/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  7. 16 jun

    The Comorbidity Queen: EDS, POTS, Endo, Fibroids, Cysts, SIBO, Arthritis, and more!

    Content warning: this episode includes a brief discussion of suicide attempts, please listen with care. Melissa, known on TikTok as the Comorbidity Queen, has endometriosis, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, pelvic congestive syndrome, May-Thurner syndrome, Nutcracker syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, POTS, MCAS, Lyme disease, chronic anemia, and a first rib that doctors want to remove. In this episode she tells us everything: the nine-hour emergency surgery at 17, the $65,000 in medical debt, the severe depression that pain and overmedication tipped her into, and the treatment that has done more for her in five minutes than any surgery. BEDUCATED QUIZ LINK: https://beduc.at/pd2623-cramped Join the CRAMPED Patreon: https://patreon.com/cramped CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice. CRISIS SUPPORT: Call 988 anywhere in the US for free, 24/7 mental health crisis support Text HOME to 741741 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  8. 9 jun

    The Endo Attractiveness Study: Are You F**king Kidding Me??

    PATREON-ONLY EPISODE TEASER Join the CRAMPED Patreon to listen to the full episode: https://patreon.com/cramped Did we need a data science professor to tell us why a study titled "Attractiveness of women with rectovaginal endometriosis: a case-control study" is garbage? No, but it's more fun to tear this study to shreds with a professional. This is a real study: university funded, ethics board-approved, peer reviewed, and published in a real medical journal in 2013. How did this study even get published? Were they even trying to help people with endometriosis? Is there ANYTHING useful we can get from this dumpster fire of a study? Andrea Jones-Rooy: https://www.jonesrooy.com/ CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Tired of suffering from "death cramps" for 20 years, Kate Helen Downey has to find her own answers. She interviews top doctors and researchers, and delves into topics from period poops to endometriosis surgery to TikTok wellness scams, all to figure out why menstrual pain is so often dismissed and untreated. What she finds will change how you think about your own body and the medical system. Because having a microphone gets you more answers than having a uterus.

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  • Creado por
    Kate Helen Downey
  • Años en activo
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodios
    52
  • Clasificación
    Explícito
  • Derechos de autor
    © Kate Downey
  • Sitio web del podcast
    CRAMPED
  • Proveedor

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