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Podcast: The Shift with Sam Baker
Episode: Naga munchetty on her 30 year battle to get her painful periods taken seriously
Description: To launch season 17 (season 17! I know!) I have a very special guest.
Back in 2023, British journalist and BBC breakfast and radio 5 live presenter Naga Munchetty hit the headlines when she spoke out about having been diagnosed with a gynaecological condition called adenomyosis.
When I heard the clip I did a double-take because I too have adenomyosis, and, like Naga, it took me well over two decades to get diagnosed. But also I hadn’t heard of it before I was diagnosed and had never heard of anyone else who had it. (I wrote about it at...