EPISODE · Jun 9, 2026 · 45 MIN
"I Wish It Was Drugs" | Candice Guardino on Endo, IVF, and the Joke That Got Her Through It
from Endo Warriors · host Callie Greenberg & Jamie Silva
Welcome to the very first episode of The Girls Room Project After Dark — and we're not easing you in. Candice Guardino is a comedian, actress, singer, and screenwriter best known for her one-woman theatrical comedy special Italian Bred, streaming on Amazon and Apple TV. She's been called the real-life Italian version of the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Before she was making sold-out audiences laugh about growing up in Staten Island with a loud, unapologetically Italian family, she was sitting in fertility clinics, giving herself injections she called "I wish this was drugs," and learning — at 36 years old, after more than a decade of painful periods, failed IVF rounds, surgeries, and miscarriages — that she had stage 3 endometriosis. Nobody told her. Nobody connected the dots. And she's done being quiet about it. In this episode, Callie Greenberg and Candice Guardino go deep on the stuff nobody puts on the highlight reel: what it actually feels like to be dismissed by a dozen doctors, what IVF with endo looks like versus what the industry promises, the moment a dermoid cyst had grown so large it was pressing into her chest cavity (and she was blaming stress), and the natural IVF round with no medication that finally gave her her son, Maverick. They also talk about the shame spiral — apologizing to your husband for being a "lemon," calling your mom after a hysterectomy diagnosis to say you're sorry, and why the endo + infertility community still isn't showing the stories that don't end with a baby photo. This one's funny, this one's raw, and this one is long overdue. Resources and Links https://www.candiceguardino.com/ https://www.instagram.com/candiceguardino/ https://www.youtube.com/@CandiceGuardinoComedy Italian Bred on Apple girlsroomofficial.com Girls Room Project After Dark | IG Girls Room Project | IG
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In this episode, Callie Greenberg and Candice Guardino go deep on the stuff nobody puts on the highlight reel: what it actually feels like to be dismissed by a dozen doctors, what IVF with endo looks like versus what the industry promises, the moment a dermoid cyst had grown so large it was pressing into her chest cavity (and she was blaming stress), and the natural IVF round with no medication that finally gave her her son, Maverick. Candice Guardino is a comedian, actress, singer, and screenwriter best known for her one-woman theatrical comedy special Italian Bred, streaming on Amazon and Apple TV. She’s been called the real-life Italian version of the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Before she was making sold-out audiences laugh about growing up in Staten Island with a loud, unapologetically Italian family, she was sitting in fertility clinics, giving herself injections she called ”I wish this was drugs,” and learning — at 36 years old, after more than a decade of painful periods, failed IVF rounds, surgeries, and miscarriages — that she had stage 3 endometriosis. Nobody told her. Nobody connected the dots. And she’s done being quiet about it. They also talk about the shame spiral — apologizing to your husband for being a ”lemon,” calling your mom after a hysterectomy diagnosis to say you’re sorry, and why the endo + infertility community still isn’t showing the stories that don’t end with a baby photo. This one’s funny, this one’s raw, and this one is long overdue.
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"I Wish It Was Drugs" | Candice Guardino on Endo, IVF, and the Joke That Got Her Through It
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