The ESPN presenter, Molly Qerim, has opened about her battle with endometriosis, since she called her surgeon as a “miracle” in an Instagram post.
Qerim, 40, Bustle said in 2018 that he treated with symptoms such as fatigue, pelvic pain and swelling of the disease, with which he was diagnosed at the age of 26.
The disease is described by the Mayonnaise clinic As “a often painful condition in which the tissue that is similar to the internal coating of the uterus grows out of the uterus”, and that “often affects the ovaries, the fallopian tubes and the tissue that covers the pelvis.”
Qerim shared on Instagram that he had recent surgery related to the disease and offered a rare public comment on the 'very private' issue.
'March is the month of endometriosis awareness. I really hesitated to publish this, because I am a very private person … but I can even help 1 person … it is worth it. Dr. Kanayama, you are an answer to 12 years of prayer. THANK YOU. You are a miracle in my life and more miracles to come, '' he wrote.
'And for anyone who takes care of a health scare at this time, do not give up … keep advocating for yourself and know that you can be completely restored, regardless of what you say the medical report. Better days are ahead.
Molly Qerim posed for a photo with her surgeon, Dr. Masahide Kanayama, whom she called a “miracle”
Molly Qerim attends the eleventh annual Blossom ball (organized by the Foundation of Endometriosis of America) in 2023
Qerim is the presenter of the successful ESPN debate program First takeA role that has played since 2015
Qerim shared a photo of her with the surgeon, Dr. Masahide Kanayama, and also published a message from him, in which he said that surgery was “super difficult and delicate.”
“Now my prayer is your soft recovery I wrote.”
In a 2018 interview with The flowerThe online magazine of the Endometriosis Foundation of America, First take The host Qerim said that managing his endometriosis had “become almost a second job.”
'I have to be really diligent to sleep, have eight hours per night, limit alcohol and sugar, get acupuncture once a week. Exercise, meditation. I really implement all that to keep inflammation down and keep that I can be “in” all the time, “he said.
'The light (in the air) turns on and I need to be on. When you are on morning television, people want to see happy and positive people, and my work is 24/7. Then, in my free time, it became more to take care of myself, than perhaps other things that I would normally do on weekends.
Qerim revealed that he rarely drinks alcohol and tries to avoid processed foods, while opening on the process of realizing that he had the disease.
“Describing my symptoms is a challenge because I didn't realize that something was wrong with me,” he said. But looking back, I definitely suffered pain, and I would say that the migraines too, and a lot of fatigue, chronic fatigue. After a full sleep night, I would think: “Why don't I have the energy I should have?”
Qerim was absent from his usual First take Organization tasks during a week in October, although the reason for the absence has not been confirmed.