Ilana Glazer opens up about suffering chronic pelvic floor pain for decades

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Ilana Glazer is an actress and comedian whom we haven’t covered much. I reported on a cute interview she did earlier this year, and she made a great impression on me. I mostly know her from hosting the red carpet at the first return of the Met Gala, with Keke Palmer. Ilana recently opened up in an essay for Vogue [via People] about having chronic pelvic pain. She was misdiagnosed and dismissed for years until she finally got help and relief through physical therapy. This is something I’ve also dealt with and I wanted to talk about it.

“I started experiencing pelvic pain at a very young age, which is four,” she wrote. “That’s when I remember first experiencing it, and it was chronic pain from ages four to 24.”

Misdiagnosed by doctors for years, Glazer said the shame of one especially frustrating experience stuck with her.

“I remember being 15 years old and my mom and I sitting there and this doctor telling me that my problem was too problematic for him, and just feeling laughed at and so angry,” the comedian wrote.

Eventually, she connected with her current clinician, Dr. Emma Kaeser, who works with Origin, and everything finally clicked.

“There was something about the empowering engagement with my physical journey with pregnancy that allowed the disempowering part of it to feel lighter,” she said of getting the right treatment.

“Being ashamed of our bodies has been thrust upon us, and having a support network around being a female reminds you that that shame is a construct,” Glazer added.

Now, she looks forward to teaming up with Origin in a formal role, which the center celebrated on their own Instagram page Wednesday.

“Welcome to the team, @ilana. We’re elated to announce that this creative powerhouse (and Origin patient) has officially joined us as an advisor⁠” they wrote.

[From People]

It wasn’t until after I had an endometrial ablation in my mid 40s that I realized I’d had pelvic floor pain and dysfunction, also for years. I was having terrible complications from the procedure and my then-OB explained it to me and gave me a copy an article he’d written about it. The pelvic floor is a muscle and you can strain that muscle and hold tension there. This was eye opening to me and explained so much of my medical history. I went to physical therapy and it worked somewhat. Many of the at-home exercises were yoga poses. Like so many other celebrity stories I cover, this reminds me that I have more work to do in that area. I’m glad that Glazer opened up about it.

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