Lori Harvey, the daughter of entertainment icon Steve Harvey, is bravely opening up about her health and a painful condition she has been suffering with since she was a teenager.
Lori Harvey Reveals Her Health Struggles
In an interview on the “SheMD” podcast with Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi and Mary Alice Haney on Tuesday, September 16, Harvey discussed how receiving polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis diagnoses ended years of not knowing what she was struggling with and being dismissed by medical professionals.
“I’ve been so frustrated. I’ve been going to my gynecologist because I’ve just been feeling like something’s off in my body,” she said, People reports. “But every time I go to her, she’s like, ‘You’re fine, you’re fine, you’re fine. Nothing’s wrong.’ And I was like, ‘But I don’t feel fine. I feel like something is just off.’”
A visit to Los Angeles-based OB-GYN Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi gave her a diagnosis of a condition Harvey had been experiencing since she was 16. “I was like, what’s happening?” she said of her body before learning of her diagnosis. “I’m like, okay, something is not adding up here. My body’s trying to tell me something, but I’m not getting the answers that I need.”
Before learning of her diagnosis, Harvey felt “sad” and described the experience as “disheartening.” She continued, “I used to have the most excruciating periods of my life, every single time I felt like I needed to go to the hospital, just crazy cramps. I’m taking 800 milligrams of Ibuprofen. Nothing is working, it’s just debilitating. “They’d be like, ‘Oh, just take some Tylenol, you’ll be fine.’ And I’m like, ‘There’s no way this is normal.’ And [Aliabadi] told me, ‘Yeah, babe, you’re right. It was not normal, and I’m so sorry that you’ve just been living with this.’ So she literally changed my life.”
Fans Show Support for Lori Harvey’s Health Battles
Speaking out about her diagnosis and how she continued to push for answers can help raise awareness for endometriosis and help other women who find themselves experiencing similar symptoms.
A clip from Harvey’s interview was shared on the “SheMD” Instagram page on September 17, and fans used it as a way to show their support for the actress. “Thank you for sharing and helping to raise awareness about PCOS and Endometriosis,” a comment reads.
“It’s so frustrating how so many women’s symptoms just get brushed aside as’“normal’ you are your best advocate. So glad she kept pushing for more!” another person shared.
“Omg… she literally explained it to the tee!” a third person wrote. “Explaining to different doctors and the making you feel like its just mundane and like I was making it a big deal.”
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