CRAMPED
Kate Helen DowneyWhy are millions of people with uteruses in unexplained and untreated pain? I'm diving deep into the research, history, and effects of severe menstrual pain, and the misogyny in medicine that leaves us alone in our pain.
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Why Do So Many Endo Excision Surgeons Not Take Insurance?
Hey Crampers!
I have historically been very frugal when it comes to healthcare. Until a couple years ago, if it wasn’t covered by my insurance, I probably didn’t really need it. Unfortunately, sticking to my guns on that probably contribu...
The Lab That’s Decoding Your Menstrual Blood
Hey crampers!
Have you ever peed in a cup so your doctor could run a test on it? How about spit in a vial and sent it in the mail? Have you ever collected a stool sample? It’s all pretty gross right? But we go ahead and we put our various...
How to Pay for Period Pain
Hey Crampers,
In December 2024 I sent you a breakdown of every dollar I spent getting a diagnosis and treating my severe period pain over the course of that year. It totaled up to almost $15k, and that was before I even got my surgery. I...
Are There Heavy Metals in our Tampons? And is that...bad for us?
It’s wild how many times I come up with a question, think “There’s no way I’ll find enough here for an episode,” and then emerge disheveled from a research rabbit hole two weeks later like…
Remember in 2024 there was a bombardment of headl...
All The CRAMPED Endo Episodes
Many of you reading this have endometriosis. 1 in 10 people with a uterus has endo, and if you’ve experienced long-term severe period pain without any other diagnosis, at this point you might be just assuming you have endo, but stuck wonder...
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Kate is the host & creator of the podcast CRAMPED (available wherever you get your podcasts), investigating severe period pain and why "crampers" are so often left under-diagnosed and under-treated
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