{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Hormonal Hotline","title":"Living with endometriosis, finding art and community","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2982,"description":"In this episode, Ellisha sits down with Thanai Caesar - CEO and founder of This Won't End Me, a UK and Canadian non-profit supporting people with endometriosis and menstrual health. Thanai shares her nine-year journey to being diagnosed with stage four deep infiltrating endometriosis, and opens up about the racial disparities in women's healthcare, how art became her lifeline, and why she turned her pain into purpose.\nWhether you're in the thick of trying to get a diagnosis, feeling completely alone with your symptoms, or just desperate to know someone else gets it - this one's for you.\n\nWhat we cover\n\nWhat endometriosis actually is - from the basics to the types most people have never heard of, including thoracic and deep infiltrating endo.\nThe reality of living with endo before diagnosis - Thanai's nine years of being dismissed, the impact on her mental health, and the toll of chronic, invisible pain.\nRacial disparities in women's healthcare - why Black women face a harder road to diagnosis and what needs to change.\nHeat therapy, TENS machines and self-advocacy - practical tools for managing endo pain and getting the medical support you deserve.\nThe role of the pill in masking symptoms - and what could happen when you come off it.\nThis Won't End Me - how Thanai built a community-led non-profit from a drawing of a uterus she made in therapy during COVID.\nUsing art as a healing tool - why creativity and community go hand in hand when you're navigating a chronic condition.\nThree listener dilemmas - including how to push through pain without people around you understanding, when to seek help if you've been dismissed before, and how to share your story online without feeling too exposed.\n\n\nAbout Thanai Caesar\n\nThanai Caesar is the CEO and founder of This Won't End Me (TWEM) - a UK and Canadian non-profit raising awareness of endometriosis, menstrual health and reproductive health. Through storytelling, workshops, exhibitions and community events, TWEM creates space...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lPk3ICO79wNq0iJHgObQZZOsRpZyoNUh-NOR2XsCUt0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mNWIz/MTkzM2IxYTNhY2Ji/MDdiMWYzYzkzNDNi/YjgzNy5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}