Meghan Cleary's guest appearances

Meghan Cleary

This EndoLife

The Heavy Flow Podcast

The Period Party

Nicole Jardim

Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

Jessica Murnane

Kelsey Knight

Amy Medling

Cindy Dabrowska

Tara Ghosh

Samantha Zipporah

Megan Hallett

Keli Garza

Lara Briden

Holly Grigg-Spall

Clare Knox

Chris Bobel

Vienna Farlow

OwlTail

Meghan Cleary is a writer, speaker, and patient advocate who focuses on clinical gender bias and its impact on women's health. She is dedicated to shedding light on women’s reproductive health care issues including endometriosis, and clinical gender bias.In this episode, we talk about the impact of the “hormone-hysterectomy highway" on women’s health, why the most common treatments for endometriosis are often harmful, how the clinical gender bias directly results in physical harm to women, and mor

Meghan Cleary is a writer, speaker, and patient advocate who focuses on clinical gender bias and its impact on women's health. She is dedicated to shedding light on women’s reproductive health care issues including endometriosis, and clinical gender bias. In this episode, we talk about the impact of the “hormone-hysterectomy highway" on women’s health, why the most common treatments for endometriosis are often harmful, how the clinical gender bias directly results in physical harm to women, and mor

PP# 116: How Clinical Gender Bias Actually Hurts Female Bodies with Meghan Cleary

Today I'm talking to Meghan Cleary. Meghan is a writer, speaker, advocate and founder of Bad Periods. We discuss Meghan's three-decade journey to a diagnosis, endometriosis variations and treatments and how clinical gender-bias affects the treatment of female bodies. What we discussed:   Meghan’s story, beginning with her mother’s use of DES during pregnancy The different types of endometriosis Fulguration and excision for endometriosis treatment The importance of finding a surgical specialist The Gyno Ghetto How clinical gender bias affects the treatment of female bodies The psychological impacts of being told there’s nothing wrong with you Endometriosis as a chronic illness  This episode is supported by LunaPads, makers of smart, sustainable alternatives to disposable menstrual products. Visit Lunapads.com to find out why we love them and use code HEAVYFLOW for 15% off any order. Full Shownotes  Subscribe to the Heavy Flow email list  Follow @amandalaird on Instagram Heavy Flow is produced by: TK Matunda Music credit: Julia and Bradley of Home Studios Graphic design: Rachel Laird

Today I'm talking to Meghan Cleary. Meghan is a writer, speaker, advocate and founder of <a href="http://www.bad-periods.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bad Periods</a>. We discuss Meghan's three-decade journey to a diagnosis, endometriosis variations and treatments and how clinical gender-bias affects the treatment of female bodies. What we discussed:  <ul> <li>Meghan’s story, beginning with her mother’s use of DES during pregnancy</li> <li>The different types of endometriosis</li> <li>Fulguration and excision for endometriosis treatment</li> <li>The importance of finding a surgical specialist</li> <li>The Gyno Ghetto</li> <li>How clinical gender bias affects the treatment of female bodies</li> <li>The psychological impacts of being told there’s nothing wrong with you</li> <li>Endometriosis as a chronic illness</li> </ul> This episode is supported by LunaPads, makers of smart, sustainable alternatives to disposable menstrual products. Visit <a href="http://www.lunapads.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Lunapads.com</a> to find out why we love them and use code HEAVYFLOW for 15% off any order. <a href="http://amandalaird.ca/meghancleary" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full Shownotes </a> <a href="http://amandalaird.ca/list-shownotes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to the Heavy Flow email list </a> <a href="http://amandalaird.ca/insta-shownotes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow @amandalaird on Instagram</a> Heavy Flow is produced by: <a href="https://tkmatunda.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">TK Matunda</a> Music credit: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/homestudiosproductions/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Julia and Bradley of Home Studios</a> Graphic design: <a href="http://rachel-laird.squarespace.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rachel Laird</a>

Clinical Gender Bias in the Gyno Ghetto with Meghan Cleary

Meghan Cleary is the creator of Bad Periods; an incredibly clear and informative website covering endometriosis, fibroids and other conditions that contribute to "bad periods". The ex-Wall Street marketing executive is also writing a book on her 31 year diagnosis experience and has only just begun in her pursuit to support women with these conditions. Meghan is also a DES Daughter. DES was a synthetic oestrogen given to up to 10 million women in the US alone, during 1938 - 1971. Since then, the drug was discovered to be unsafe and the following generation of females are at a much higher risk of endometriosis, as well as other serious side effects, than women who were not exposed. In this episode, I talk to Meghan about her painfully long journey to diagnosis; the many many forms of alternative and conventional treatments she has tried, how to get the right care from your doctor and how endocrine disruptors are linked to reproductive health disorders in women. This is a big one. Perhaps even a controversial one, but Meghan has a lot to say which is important and worth the listen, even if it does rub some corporate companies up the wrong way. The subject of endocrine disruptors is a topic that needs addressing and having real conversations about how we do this is essential on our search for a cure to endometriosis. Show Notes Bad Periods Additional resources on Endocrine Disruptors: EndocrineDisruption.org NCBI

Meghan Cleary is the creator of Bad Periods; an incredibly clear and informative website covering endometriosis, fibroids and other conditions that contribute to "bad periods". The ex-Wall Street marketing executive is also writing a book on her 31 year diagnosis experience and has only just begun in her pursuit to support women with these conditions. Meghan is also a DES Daughter. DES was a synthetic oestrogen given to up to 10 million women in the US alone, during 1938 - 1971. Since then, the drug was discovered to be unsafe and the following generation of females are at a much higher risk of endometriosis, as well as other serious side effects, than women who were not exposed. In this episode, I talk to Meghan about her painfully long journey to diagnosis; the many many forms of alternative and conventional treatments she has tried, how to get the right care from your doctor and how endocrine disruptors are linked to reproductive health disorders in women. This is a big one. Perhaps even a controversial one, but Meghan has a lot to say which is important and worth the listen, even if it does rub some corporate companies up the wrong way. The subject of endocrine disruptors is a topic that needs addressing and having real conversations about how we do this is essential on our search for a cure to endometriosis. Show Notes <a href="http://bad-periods.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bad Periods</a> Additional resources on Endocrine Disruptors: <a href="https://endocrinedisruption.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EndocrineDisruption.org</a> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27765541" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NCBI</a>

Episode 7: Living with Fibroids, Having a 31 Year Endo Diagnosis and Why Endocrine Disruptors Need Talking About with Meghan Cleary of Bad Periods