50. Told she has IBS at 17 years old, years later her kidney was enlarged, with only 12% function, we talk egg freezing, bowel, bladder & more.

Ashley is from Michigan she is a nurse, she had pain early on and Gi "issues" she was put on birth control. In her 20s she began to have bladder pressure and when she turned 30 years old she was found to have an enlarged kidney w. 12% function and cysts on both ovaries.  She was told to freeze her eggs, she would need IVF, and had multiple surgeries in 2019 and 2020.  We chat about the struggles of dealing with medical appointments. After her 1st surgery, her bowel symptoms got worse- where she had to use the restroom 20-30 times a day.  Listen in to the rest of her journey. Want to keep the conversation going? Join our Facebook Group: tiny.cc/7mpbnz Want to watch it on YouTube? http://tiny.cc/6cx6tz Thank you for listening and supporting this podcast. We need awareness about this disease. If you want to be on the podcast or have feedback please reach out via my website www.melissaboudreau.com. Thank you for your support and time. Please consider subscribing and writing us a review on Apple podcasts it really helps us get more awareness and with guests agreeing to come on! You can do that here! http://tiny.cc/f74onz