A BBC star has candidly opened up about their 32 year old health battle, as Naga Munchetty, who hosts BBC Breakfast, has shared her anger over being made to ‘second guess’ her pain
BBC Breakfast star Naga Munchetty has revealed sterilisation was her ‘only option’ after suffering in pain with a debilitating health condition for 32 years.
Naga, 50, has previously revealed her painful health battle, which reached a crisis point when the agony became so intense that she had to call an ambulance. Naga was diagnosed with adenomyosis in 2022 but had been struggling with pain for years before. She later revealed her condition after she was forced to take time off due to the condition.
Adenomyosis is a condition where “the lining of the womb (uterus) starts growing into the muscle in the wall of the womb. There are treatments that can help with any symptoms”, the NHS states.
Now, in a candid new interview, Naga has revealed her anger after being made to ‘second guess’ her pain as she lived with excruciating peroids.
She has now revealed: “It makes you angry. If you are second-guessing that you are not strong enough to be a woman, that you are weaker than all the other women because you’re told it’s all normal, everyone’s going through it, you second-guess other parts of your life.”
Naga added in her interview with The Times: “You shut up, you don’t speak up.” The BBC Breakfast star revealed the painful symptoms, which included fainting, severe aching, exhaustion, vomiting and heavy bleeding, left her feeling ‘it just needs to stop’ although she insisted she has ‘never been suicidal’.
Naga had the coil fitted in 2017 but was left screaming in agony and even fainted during the procedure. She later had it removed one year later. Then, in 2019, Naga opted for sterilisation, which she said she felt was her ‘only option’.
The TV star explained: “I knew I didn’t want children and I didn’t want to be reliant on hormones or the regimen of the pill because it didn’t fit with my lifestyle.
“It felt like it was my only option,” Naga candidly revealed.
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