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Thank you so much for the many entries you sent in for the World Endometriosis EndoBlog Inspirational Woman of the Year 2017 competition. It was an incredible feeling to spend the weekend learning about the lives and stories of so many amazing, talented women and to finally realise that EndoBlog has truly created and built a community over the past six years that we can be proud of. Our readers are not only sensitive, open and curious, but also intelligent and inspiring, whose words and phrases are a real pleasure to convey to you through this post.
Meet the nominees for Inspirational Woman of the Year 2017, who you can vote for in the comments on Facebook by entering the number before their names.
- Rita Urbán
- Annamária Farkas
- Alida Bárány-Szilfai
- Márta Ferenczi
- Acsai Anita
- Rita Urbán
Rita was nominated for the Inspirational Woman of the Year Award by one of her students.
I met Rita during her second operation - we were in the same hospital room. I was in hospital for the first time, scared to death of what to expect and how the recovery would go. Before I arrived at the hospital, people I knew told me: hospitals and nurses change, but the most important thing is the kind of roommates you get, because they're the only ones you can count on.
She was the one who kept me going before the surgery, while she was preparing for a much more serious endometriosis surgery, dehydrated (we stopped drinking 2 hours before the surgery) she just spilled stories to distract me. In his own way he laughed at endometriosis and in doing so helped me enormously in easing my fears. In the days after the operation, when neither of us could really walk, she was the one who, after I sat up in bed and one of my tubes slipped and I started to bleed, stopped waiting for the nurses and shuffled out at half past two in the morning until she found a nurse who finally agreed to come in when no one answered the nurse call. She was the one who, when the unstitched drainage tube slipped out of me again a few days later, stopped waiting for the cafe nurses and said she had had it before. She gently helped me put the tube back in and stop the bleeding. When the nurse arrived an hour later, she said she had done a perfect job and had nothing more to do.
One morning, when I shuffled out to the bathroom at a chicken pace and accidentally knocked over a shower gel, as it was (he was asleep with headphones on), he came to the sink with his bags and asked if I was okay, if I had fallen and what he could do to help. I can't tell you how reassuring it was to know that if anything could happen to me, he would be there to hear me and help me. But that's not the only reason I think she deserves the Inspirational Woman of the Year award. We didn't become best friends, but we kept in touch as the years went by. I have seen how she helps women with endometriosis for free and without pay. After completing a course in naturopathy and then yoga, she felt that it was just enough of a financial outlay for an endo to pay attention to nutrition, ongoing check-ups, private doctors, etc. She helped and still helps any lady with endo or gynecological problems who could not afford it for free. Because she does not want someone's health, another operation or even their well-being to depend on how much money they make. I have referred several friends to my own yoga page, all of whom he has given advice to immediately and happily. It was never important to him how he could turn this into a paying endo group but rather that a desperate 'newbie' was aware of basic things he had not previously been told. Not to eat soya - among other things, which a naturopath once specifically pumped him with.
Rita has recently had another operation. This time for the 3rd time, with a hernia through the intestine. Surprise "extra cysts". It was videotaped, it's going to be a teaching aid at medical school. She was working with her roommate to come up with a marketing plan to make it known to all endos that there is a special healthy food delivery service. Seeing that everyone had been prescribed a special diet for a month, but no one had received any specific information, she decided to find a way to make basic information available for free at the SOTE, as she could see that the doctors didn't have the time or budget to gather all the special endo diets, but at the same time they leave the hospital scared to death because there is no one to tell them exactly how many days they can eat what and in what form, what to avoid and even where to administer the anticoagulant injections at home, when in one hospital they always had to take them in the abdomen and the other hospital told them that they are not allowed after abdominal surgery.
Rita has undergone 3 surgeries, almost 4, as she was once invested, anaesthetised and still advised to postpone the surgery rather than have further adhesions. She has survived a surgical infection that appeared more than a month after her 2nd surgery, which left her unsure of the appropriate and ideal treatment for two months. He lost his job because he was back in hospital every two days. He lost a relationship because the other party could not tolerate the constant hospitalisation and the "what are you going to live on" question. Yet I see him, who is not a doctor, trying to do for all those affected by this disease with a love and sincerity that very few people do. Selflessly. So that others do not make the mistakes that he did because of misinformation.
He recently replaced his FB profile picture with a yellow ribbon. I asked him why. She said because it was endometriosis month. She will wear a yellow bracelet every day this month. Because if just one person asks what a yellow profile picture or bracelet is, she can make everyone aware of what the disease is and what signs to see a doctor about. He said it costs him nothing, but if he can help just one person, why not?
I think this single sentence makes her worthy of inspiring all of us - even those who are not battling any gynaecological disease.
2. Annamária Farkas
Annamari is a remedial personal trainer, spinal trainer, yoga instructor and Fitness Therapy the creator of. My mission is to educate and promote healing through movement and healthy body shaping.
I originally graduated as an economist and after 11 years in the profession, I know exactly what the dangers of work stress and spending 8-10 hours a day hunched over a computer are. For a long time sport was just a pleasant and enjoyable hobby for me. It was my spinal disease that started me on the road to fitness studies, because I believed there was a solution other than surgery.
To deepen my professional knowledge, I first enrolled in an aerobics instructor training course. The course gave me a good basis for planning and delivering active and varied classes, but it became clear to me that this was not enough to put together a spine-protecting workout. I therefore continued my studies in personal training and spinal therapy. This is how I became a spinal trainer, a dynamic yoga instructor, a personal trainer and then the creator of Fitness Therapy.
At first I taught group classes alongside my job, eventually I turned my back on the desk completely and today my vocation is to help others, prevent spinal disease, achieve and maintain a functionally healthy body.
3.Bárány-Szilfai Alida
I am a woman, wife, mother, wedding planner and historian. My day starts at 6am and usually ends around midnight. Many people do it the same way, why should I be special? I usually think that there is nothing overachieving about what I do and how I do it, because it's natural for me and I like to say that I just do my job and I think everyone is good at different things, has different talents and can develop in different ways. I'm a terrible housewife, for example... But people often praise me and say, "I don't know how you do it" or "I couldn't do it". If that's the case, and there is something extraordinary about it, here's my story to see if I can inspire others.
I struggled with endometriosis between 2006 and 2010.After the laparoscopic surgery in February 2010, I decided not to take medication, but to heal myself, and that's when I got in touch with psychologist Nóra Árvai, to whom I owe a lot. I started a complete lifestyle change, I did sports, I focused on myself, thanks to which many changes took place in my life, most importantly, I was cured and I consider myself cured since then. I once said in a TV report what I still say today: endometriosis and I are two different worlds. In 2011, I started my wedding planning business, which has become well-established and successful. In 2012, I joined my husband and I, who and I have formed a union of protection and defiance that is a completely closed, unbreakable union. In 2013, we had our first daughter, who was one and a half years old when I started my doctoral studies in history, where I chose women's history as the subject of my dissertation. In 2015, our second daughter was born, but I did not postpone her for six months before or after the birth. In 2016, after a lot of struggle and work, we moved into our own house in a beautiful village in Pilis. As soon as I finish my PhD, we would like to have a third child.
I don't think what I do is superhuman, but how can I inspire others? What message would I give to other women and mothers like me? The most important thing is to believe in yourself! Believe that illness can be overcome, that it is possible to build a career after childbirth(s), to learn and to take on multiple roles at once, believe that you are the master of your body and your life. If you want to change, don't look for the key to change elsewhere, in others, but in yourself! You can achieve anything, you can do anything, just know what is important to you, what you want to achieve and what will take you forward!
4. Márta Ferenczi
33 years old, wife, mother, researcher, traveller, termite farmer, adventurer, teacher and a woman fighting against a chronic disease, endometriosis, Márta presents herself as a woman. This is how she tells about herself and what happened to her:
The past year has been the most remarkable time of my life so far, during which I have experienced the hell of the cinema and reached the clouds of happiness. I am still holding on to this day, but I had to fight a very hard battle to do so. In a way, I can thank endometriosis, this cruel and painful problem, for the person I have become over the past few years. A strong, fierce nove. I have drastically transformed my life and my image to reach the point of recovery, and with it, success in my career and in my personal life. I would like to see my fallen friends pick up their combat inoculations and fall on my battlefield chest. I know that it is not easy to feel alone and that there is no way out, but there is a chance to win if you are lionhearted! I am confident that my contemplative actions can inspire others. My torment begins when I was given the opportunity of a lifetime and travelled to Australia with a PhD in biology to do research. I threw myself into the challenging work with great enthusiasm and excitement. It was not an easy task to integrate a young Hungarian scientist into a team led by experienced professionals. Day after day I experienced successes and failures in the beginning, but at that time I did not know that the biggest struggle of my life so far; the struggle for my life, my whole life and my mother's life was six months away. After ten months, however, I began to suffer from a series of sicknesses, terrible stomach cramps, weakness, digestive problems and depression. Then began my almost two-year-long adventure with surgos, doctors, herbalists and who knows how many places where everything was found to be in order. Almost the only thing I didn't have was an official paper that the diagnosis was "hysterical no". But I did not give up! Just as I often spent weeks with fever, I did not give up on my doctor. I even travelled to desert expeditions to collect data for my work, where I often had to face difficult conditions. There you really get to know your limits and with that you gain wonderful experiences. I had adventures for a lifetime and there in the harsh desert I decided to do everything I could to recover. That's when I drastically changed my life and my thinking. From then on, I became a fanatical sportsman, an unabashedly positive thinker, an open-minded nove, not hiding the problem, but revealing it. It didn't happen overnight, but every day I 'added' a little bit to this new me. I kept fighting and looking for ways to help myself. I was well on my way to recovery when, after a month or so, I found the concrete answer; I was battling endometriosis. After that I went to a specialised clinic where they suggested an immediate mutation. At that time, I was also confronted with the fact that this could be important not only for complete recovery, but also for the baby. There was no question of me confessing to the mutation. Even though the operation went well and I considered it 'medically' free of endometriosis, I knew that there was no point in fighting it. I kept my "normal" lifestyle and exercised every day, did gymnastics, did yoga, swam, studied, had a full regime and was open to the world. I was lucky that my husband supported me and was always by my side. Soon I felt stronger and stronger, both mentally and physically, than I had ever felt before. But I can say, I worked hard on it. I was also happy that during my crazy journey, fate brought me many other novels in similar shoes. I also took part in a campaign to promote research on ovarian cancer, which was a great success for me. It was great to work in a team for a good cause! In the meantime, I managed to finish my PhD, I made a documentary film and the biggest miracle of my life happened, I became a mother in the summer of 2016!
5. Acsai Anita
Anita wrote to us: In July 2013, a 5cm cyst was found in my ovary, before that I had been suffering terrible pains every month for 2 years... I went to work, spent my life, had a pile of pills in my pocket... but for those who have suffered from endometriosis, this does not need to be presented. In November I went back to the hospital and my cyst was already 8cm... in the beginning of December I got the mutation appointment. I was then confronted with the fact that my arteries and my membranes were also swollen, which they could not remove, and I was prescribed hormone treatment. Whereupon I got involved in the study of endometriosis. I knew I didn't want the hormone for any reason. With the help of the internet I found a very reputable doctor in Pest who is a true specialist. By March I had my next appointment. Until then, I tried to change my life plan, I tried to do it carefully... sport was always a part of my life, I ran 8-10 km every day. It almost gave me the energy, I couldn't wait to get to work, I would get a treadmill and run the kilometres. As the time of the run got closer, I felt worse and worse, I had almost constant pain, bloated stomach, problems with my stomach and my fever.... it's strange to say but I couldn't wait to lie on the table. And yes, the day came, I had a 2.5 hour old test, it turned out I had stage 4 endometriosis with lots of ossenovies, intestinal pain, diaphragm, artery, fuzz, so from this tightness I had it everywhere. But they cleaned me out! I knew I was going to lose weight, I was going to find a job, I was going to have a baby! I lost weight very quickly, after 4 weeks of running 7km straight after my mother, I found my big man in 3 months and spontaneously (which the doctors thought was impossible, without hormones) I got pregnant in 1 even. Today I am the mother of a wonderful 1 year old boy. I'm sure I will have my battle with endometriosis but I know I will win every battle against it! It's all in the mind!
Thank you to everyone who raised the standard of the competition with their entries. It is a wonderful feeling to maintain and nurture such a community. Thank you all for loving and following EndoBlog and for following along with us.As you have come to expect over the past six years, you can count on us to continue. You can vote for the most inspiring woman in this year's World Endometriosis Day EndoBlog campaign by entering the number before the nominee's name in the comments below the post on our Facebook page.
Nóra Árvai
psychologist for chronic women, perinatal counsellor, specialist writer, yoga therapist trainer, health and medical coach
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