New York couple revolutionizes endometriosis treatment
I’M CAROL CLARK. IN NEWS FOR YOUR HEALTH. ENDOMETRIOSIS IS A PAINFUL CONDITION IN WOMEN THAT CAN SOMETIMES GO UNDIAGNOSED FOR YEARS. IT’S BELIEVED 1 IN 10 WOMEN DEAL WITH IT. NOW A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM BASED IN NEW YORK IS REVOLUTIONIZING TREATMENT. THE WIFE GREW UP IN GREENVILLE. HOW THEY’RE HELPING WOMEN FOR YOUR HEALTH. WHEN SAM GRAVANO GOT HER PERIOD AT AGE NINE, SHE GOT SOMETHING ELSE. AND, YOU KNOW, I LEARNED WHAT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. AND, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT DAY GOING FORWARD, I HAD TERRIBLY PAINFUL — CYCLES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT WAS SO MUCH PAIN, IT WOULD MAKE ME SICK. DOCTORS PRESCRIBE BIRTH CONTROL PILLS. ULTIMATELY, THREE KINDS. THEY DIDN’T WORK. DOCTORS THOUGHT SHE HAD GASTRO PROBLEMS. SHE UNDERWENT A COLONOSCOPY. NOTHING. BUT, YOU KNOW, NOBODY COULD TELL ME I HAD ENDOMETRIOSIS. SO. AND NO ONE EVEN BROUGHT THAT UP. ENDOMETRIOSIS HAPPENS WHEN TISSUE FROM THE UTERUS GROWS IN OTHER PLACES IN THE BODY. THE TISSUE STILL THICKENS AND BLEEDS, LEADING TO INFLAMMATION AND SCARRING. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE PAINFUL PERIODS, CHRONIC PAIN, HEAVY OR IRREGULAR BLEEDING, FATIGUE, BLOATING, CONSTIPATION, OR NAUSEA. SO THAT NIGHT I ACTUALLY I WENT ONLINE AND I SEARCHED BEST ENDOMETRIOSIS SPECIALIST ON LONG ISLAND AND RIGHT AWAY DOCTOR SINGLE POPPED UP. THAT’S DOCTOR PANKAJ SINGHAL WHO WITH HIS WIFE WOFFORD GRAD AND GREENVILLE NATIVE DOCTOR VIRGINIA MCLEAN, PERFORM OVER 1000 COMPLEX ENDOMETRIOSIS SURGERIES EVERY YEAR. FOR THE AVERAGE WOMAN, IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 7 TO 11 YEARS TO BE PROPERLY DIAGNOSED AND TREATED WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS. THE COUPLE USES ROBOTIC ASSISTED SURGERY TO TRACK DOWN AND TAKE OUT THE PATCHES OF ENDOMETRIOSIS, BUT IT GOES BEYOND THAT. WHAT WE REALIZED IS THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A RISK OF REOCCURRENCE MEANS EVEN AFTER SURGERY, THE RISK OF REOCCURRENCE IS ABOUT 20 TO 40%, AND WITHIN FIVE YEARS. THEIR METHOD IS TO CLOSELY FOLLOW THE PATIENT AND DO MEDICAL TREATMENT TAILORED TO THE PATIENT. SAM UNDERWENT SURGERY NEARLY TWO MONTHS AGO. SHE’LL BE ON MEDICATION FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I FEEL GREAT. ON THE SIDE OF MY ACTUAL WORK, I TEACH DANCE. I’M ABLE TO DANCE, I’M HEALTHY. I’M HAPPY, HAPPY TO BE PAIN FREE. DOCTOR MCLEAN STARTED HER CAREER AT PRISMA HEALTH. SHE AND HER HUSBAND OPERATE NEW YORK GYNECOLOGY SURGERY AND ENDOMETRIOSIS. THEY CALL I
A husband and wife team in New York, including a Greenville native, is transforming endometriosis treatment with robotic-assisted surgery and personalized care.Watch full story above.
GREENVILLE, S.C. —
A husband and wife team in New York, including a Greenville native, is transforming endometriosis treatment with robotic-assisted surgery and personalized care.
Watch full story above.