1 MAR. 2025

Mélanie C – Episode 10

The doctor comes in, sits on my bed and says, ‘Look, I’ve done all I can. I don’t know if you’ll ever have children, but on the other hand, I’ve never seen anyone with so much endometriosis’ And it was the first time in my life I’d heard that word.’ Mélanie tells us about the crazy coincidences that led her to find the explanation for her pain, thanks to a doctor she met on the plane when she was going to the other side of the world, the very direct impact of the disease on her fertility and her relationship, but also the immense miracles and the immense sorrows of her journey…

Read 52min

15 FEV. 2025

Axelle – Episode 9

When I arrived, he told me to undress: I just took off my stocking. He looks at me when I’m undressing and says no, you have to get completely naked. He looks at me quite intensely, and I think that’s weird’. In this episode of EndoLives – The Podcast, Axelle, a courageous young woman, takes us through her tumultuous journey with endometriosis. Traumatised by a bad experience with a doctor, it took her some time to regain her confidence and seek help to cope with her illness. Axelle’s story illustrates just how crucial it is to raise awareness, coordinate healthcare professionals and listen to what women have to say.

Read 45min

25 JAN. 2025

Nathalie – Episode 8

I burst into tears. I burst into tears of joy: it’s the good news of being pregnant, this battle won…It’s the realization of nature’s injustice too, why me? I succeeded, but I suffered”. Nathalie tackles a subject that is often taboo when it comes to endometriosis: pain during intercourse, the impact of the disease on the couple and, of course, fertility. She recounts the ups and downs of her life with hindsight and sincerity.

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11 JAN. 2025

Morgane – Episode 7

If you don’t have an operation, you risk being even more handicapped, you risk having kidneys and a digestive system that no longer work…”. Morgane decides to undergo the first of many operations and rollercoasters. She describes perfectly, and with rare gentleness, the havoc that endometriosis can wreak on a woman’s body and overall health.

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14 DEC. 2024

Lunise – Episode 6

I look back at all those scenes and wonder why I didn’t listen to myself. And I think we don’t listen to ourselves when we don’t love ourselves enough.” Lunise has a hectic life. Her job, her activity as deputy mayor… And then one day, an intern tells her that she’s going to have to learn a new word: patient.

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30 NOV. 2024

Laura – Episode 5

At that moment I tell myself I’m going to die all alone in my house, there’ll be no one to help me and I won’t even know what’s happening to me. I wait, it eventually passes, I get on with the rest of my day…”. Laura shares with us an intense story, her modesty, her shyness at times, in recounting her experience, which seems so different from that of the women in her family. Her patience too, until one day, she turns the tables and seeks to be listened to. really.

Read 59min

16 NOV. 2024

Marianne – Episode 4

You’ve got your period, take it easy, grit your teeth one week a month… And then maybe you’re exaggerating a little Marianne, aren’t you? Does it hurt that much? Do you see your girlfriends complaining? They have the same rules as you…” Marianne had always believed that what she was going through was normal. But worse, Marianne doubted her own sanity, imagining that perhaps these strange symptoms, which worried no one, were something she was making up. Marianne also delicately shares her intimate journey to build a family

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2 NOV. 2024

Mélanie – Episode 3

No matter how many people tell me it’s normal, it’s not possible to crawl to the toilet, it’s not possible to vomit every month, to cry every month…” Thank you to Mélanie, a member of the Ziwig team, for her poignant testimony. More than 8 years of wandering for a very young girl who will give up nothing to understand the symptoms she suffers, despite examinations that for many years will make her doctors say: “Mademoiselle, there’s nothing wrong with you

Read 43min

25 SEPT. 2024

Anaïs – Episode 2

Anaïs is a young woman full of life who has been fighting a battle since she was a teenager, first to have her pain recognised as abnormal, then against it. Anaïs is a vivacious young woman who has been fighting a battle since she was a teenager, firstly to have her pain recognised as abnormal, and secondly against the disease. A battle with knockouts on both sides. Operations. Sorrows. Respites too.

Read 59min

5 OCT. 2024

Virginie – Episode 1

It’s funny because your pain sounds like endometriosis, but it can’t be because you’re too young’. Virginie will often think back to this phrase uttered years before she was diagnosed… With humour, energy and authenticity, Virginie tells us about her journey, her dance with her best enemy and her consuming desire: to be the mother of a tribe of children.

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25 SEPT. 2024

Presentation of EndoLives – the podcast

Through personal and moving accounts, patients share their daily lives, their challenges and their victories in the face of this still little-known and under-diagnosed disease. This podcast expresses their experiences and raises awareness. These authentic and inspiring stories offer unique insights into the issues surrounding endometriosis through the voices of those who live with it.

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