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By LAUREN KASZUBA
Staff Writer
After revealing her endometriosis battle to fans in 2016, singer Halsey has been quite open about her battle with the condition.
Most recently, the singer made an appearance on the television show “The Doctors,” stating she is going to freeze her eggs at the age of 23.
“And when I tell people that, they’re like, ‘You’re 23, why do you need to do that? Why do you need to freeze your eggs?’ Doing an ovarian reserve is important to me because I’m fortunate enough to have that as an option, but I need to be aggressive about protecting my fertility, about protecting myself,” Halsey said.
Halsey also mentioned that she suffered a miscarriage in the past. She found out about the miscarriage just hours before her 2015 VEVO Lift Live event. She asked her assistant to buy adult diapers from a drugstore and took two Percocet before going on stage (even though no one had forced her to perform).
“I found out I was pregnant, and before I could even really figure out what that meant to me, and what that meant for my future, for my career, for my life, for my relationship, the next thing I knew I was onstage miscarrying in the middle of my concert,” she said.
Endometriosis is a condition in which uterine tissue grows outside the uterus, potentially causing inflammation, cysts and scarring. It can also affect fertility.
Halsey stated that for quite some time, she thought the pain brought on by the condition was due to rough menstruation cycles. Usually, it takes about ten years to receive an official endometriosis diagnosis.
The singer had received multiple surgeries in 2017 for the condition.
This isn’t the first time that Halsey has spoken out on an important topic, either. In January of 2018, she gave an extremely powerful speech at the Women’s March in New York City. A speech in which she gave details about her multiple sexual assaults and miscarriage, the video of the speech has been viewed millions of times. I highly recommend watching this video if you have not seen it yet as it is quite moving.
The singer is optimistic in the measures she is taking to fight her endometriosis battle. “Taking these measures to make sure that I get to have a hopefully bright future and achieve the things that I want to achieve by doing the ovarian reserve is really important,” she said.
