O.M.G!!! Being a woman is A LOT bathong! Firstly shout out to Tsholo and her story telling ability, she's so engaging and articulate! Secondly I want to lay down by the river and weep because she is me, I am her!!! Endometriosis is abusive in so many ways. The way she explained the pain and passing-out is so exact, my varsity roommate would be so scared by my episodes she'd run away thinking I was dying. I don't even want to get into the emotional turmoil of navigating relationships, your age, the pregnancy/having kids conversation because I will weep and never stop. I'm so glad there are gynecologists who are positive because some are all doom and gloom. BUT most importantly especially for me, thank goodness for FAITH. Belief in the divine is what keeps us alive when our own power is depleted. I absolutely appreciated this episode because I related in such a personal way.

What Tsholo fails to mention is that she also finished her Master's degree while going through all this - the completion on her degree and Khanyi arriving happened at the same time. Tsholo is a shining example for all of us!

In Zulu it’s called “isilumo”, similar to Sesotho.

"When the time is right I the Lord will make it happen" Ya re tshepisitseng wa tshepahala. Msibi Family happy for your blessings 🙌

Watching this and I’m just reminded of all my childhood traumas of experiencing “islumo”. The worst thing was for elders, especially my gran, to say “you’re experiencing islumo because you drag your feet when you walk, so you drag all the negative energies and evil things from the ground”. So I carried this for years thinking I’m being punished for dragging my feet when I walk😢Thank God for a change in GP who immediately referred me to a gynea(albeit at the age of 26). Diagnosed with PCOS. Grateful that the Gynea was able to diagnose, HOWEVER all they could recommend was Metformim, told me to loose weight and that was it. #shock Please can you consider speaking about PCOS one day. I’ve met so many people since my diagnosis and most were also prescribed metformin and told to loose weight. Personal research told me there’s so much more to PCOS to metformin and losing weight. Thoroughly enjoyed this discussion!

I suffer from the opposite of this also started going to the gynae very early in High school . I don’t go on my period at all unless I’m on contraceptives. 2019 I fell pregnant I think it was a miracle because doctors confirmed I would struggle to fall pregnant because 1 of my hormone levels was too low. I wish there would be more shows that speak about these conditions and have gynaecologists come in to explain what is happening with our bodies. Thanks for sharing your story Tsholo.

Bathong the ladies are so beautiful hle. I couldn’t stop admiring their beauty. This episode has been so informative 🥹 . I admire Tsholos resilience hle❤

Watching this while having flood gates of period pains (luckily most times I am able to function). Went to a gyne and he didn't find anything abnormal. I too got put on a pill and to be honest birth control pills don't treat me right. I am just winging it and hoping for the best. Tsholo thanks for articulating your struggles and victories. Modimo a gofe soccer team ya gao :) you have an amazing energy by the way

POWERFUL story. She went through a lot but Jehovah remains Great ❤

Can we please please have a Part 2 and 3 I mean why not 🤗🤗

Oh my God I have never cried this much yhooo my baby.... we thank God for your story

Being a woman comes with A LOT!! Thank you for sharing your story with us Tsholo 🙏🏻

Really needed to hear this! Thank you ladies. Please bring her back, we definitely need a part 2.

Come and hear more from Tsholo as a guest speaker on 26 August 2023 at the Women’s Conference at Thembisa URCSA, Emoyeni Section, 127 Masango Street under the theme"Building vigorous and tenacious women" from 10am-13:00

Thanks for sharing your story with us. Went through the exact same thing. I started my periods when I was 12. From 12 - 15years I would be paralysed from the waist down, and had to go to emergency unit to get a morphine drip just I can walk and eat again, every single month. My mom finally took me to a gynae at mid-15 where I started contraceptives as treatment which I was taking chronically till 2021. It’s funny cause I’ve literally used all contraceptives the speaker also mentioned at one point or the other. Fast forward to second year of university at the age of 20, I collapsed at res, out of the blue even, my stomach was swollen & I couldn’t walk / stand up right, my housemates had to call the ambulance, and I was dramatically carried out in a stretcher because I couldn’t bend upright. This was quite embarrassing, people actually though I had a botched abortion in my room, that’s how swollen I was, only to get to ER and find out I need to have an emergency operation done to burn my lesions. I was stabilised for the night, went back to res and came back for my first laparoscopy and womb cleaning operation two days later. Seven years later, I’m in corporate, at a client meeting, I feel swollen yet in a weird way like my internal abdominal organs are sticking together. I go home and next day in the morning, my stomach is bloated with bruises all over. I call in sick, call an Uber and can’t even walk properly so I’m holding onto walls to get to the front gate (lived-alone). Get to the hospital, needed a wheelchair to get out of the car, get to my Gynae’s consulting rooms thinking I’m just going to get a Morphine drip and go home, ended up being admitted into hospital for two days for another emergency operation, second laparoscopy, that time I don’t even have a toothbrush on me (was caught completely off guard with this one). This was in 2020. This condition has been shit-show for me so I completely understand what Tsholo is talking about. UPSIDE - I’m 31 now, and since my last op, I changed my diet to avoid the eating estrogen dominant foods (do a Pinterest or Google search for more information), do sciatica and low back yoga daily, I limit my red meat intake and I take a natural herb supplement mixture called Femenino as well Sea Moss daily (I buy these from Mpho Alkaline Herbs), and my endometriosis has since miraculously completely varnished. I have normal period pains now that I treat with Disprin, just to thin out my blood but otherwise I’m fine. I know with Endometriosis there is no one size fits all remedy, but I really hope my story can help someone, I suffered for more than 15 years every month, before getting to this point. Keep well and all the best ladies 🫶🏾

Amazing, Tsholo please make that part 2 happen. Hope you have a happy babygirl 😍🥰

What a motivating story ❤

Agh I love Tsholo so much. Thank you for being open and vulnerable with your story. Defs need a part 2! ❤❤

Mama uMsibi thanks for sharing your journey & thanks for hosting her Tsholo❤

I admire Tsholo Msibi alot of us are going through the same thing. I became so emotional especially with all these miscarriages it's so painful. We thank God blessed you with a beautiful baby girl. Survival guilt is the worse as all. I thank God blessed me with two children at the age of 27. A girl and a boy.

I had my chin in my hand❤ the guest is so bright and beautiful. May the Lord bless her and her family.

This so educational.Thank you Tsholo for sharing your story. Statistics show that approximately 190 million women worldwide suffer from endometriosis😢Big ups to your hubby for the support 👏

This was very educational ❤love success Stories

Can't wait for part 2 and thanks for this eye opening topic 🙌 Tsholo wa ska llisa heeee

Can we have part 2. I also suffer from Endometriosis, I use public health care, I was using contraceptives but the after effects where affecting my health and mental health. Currently use Painkiller to make the bearable but i also experience the same symptoms as Tsholo. I also enjoyed the Conversation Ladies.

Loved loved the episode ❤️. 🙏 for another one for Tsholo

Tjo, this one hits home!

Can't wait to watch this

"They gave me the attention because I had medical aid" Eish! 💔 I felt that . Big up to ausi Tsholo for such an inspiring story. Your husband is goals. ❤💫

Brilliant podcast episode ❤

This was very educational. Thank you for sharing your story Tsholo. Waiting for part 2 ❤

Aggressive healthy diet saved me,I appreciate medication 💊 but the choice of food is super important

It’s so crazy how identical her story is to mine. The passing out, being that young girl at the gynae and being so uncomfortable aww man so grateful for awareness 💛

Yoh she got me teary 😢

seek spiritual intervention

Cried so much watching this. 2 months post op and I’m not ok.

Yhuuu..so relatable

Lord have mercy on us,I apparently have endometriosis and fibroids and should have gone for operation last year since I got sick on a plane traveling to Capetown last year,but I still refuse to go for the op and trusting God cause I'm tired of operations

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Not even 100. Once you count the extra costs, it is R200k bagaetsho

No doctor entertained my fears of miscarriage until I got medical aid