‘It’s been a long journey’: Bindi Irwin shares a health update following her emergency surgery and appendix removal

Bindi Irwin has shared a health update following emergency surgery in the US, saying she’s on the “up and up”.

“I am better,” Bindi, 26, told Kyle Kelce on her podcast Not Gonna Lie.

“This is the first day I have worn pants since my surgery so, big moment. I’ve been in those really flowy dresses and things… but, it’s good,” Bindi said.

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“They removed my appendix and they stitched up a hernia and I also had some more endometriosis removed, which I am really grateful for,” she shared.

“Endometriosis has been part of my life since I was 13 so it’s been a long journey, but they removed more lesions which was really exciting, and the disease itself goes undiagnosed for many many years for most women who have it, so it’s really tricky, so I’m really glad that they found more to take out,” Bindi explained.

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“So it’s up and up, where every day is better, but yeah, I’m excited,” she said. “Hopefully no more surgery for a little while, cause I’ve had a few now.”

Bindi spoke of her struggle for a diagnosis.

“It took me ten years, so it was ten years before I had my first surgery,” she said.

“I cannot even remember how many doctors I went to. Doctor after doctor, specialists … I had every test you could imagine. Blood tests and CT scans and MRIs and x-rays …

“You name it, and I was checked for it,” she said.

“And what’s interesting is that nothing showed up on all of those tests. According to those tests I was a healthy young woman, and I kept saying this can’t be normal, because I was in agonising pain,” she said.

“And it was around my period, I would have this horrible pain,” Bindi said, explaining soon the pain “echoed out into other areas of my life”.

“So I was in pain every day,” Bindi said, adding that she was also experiencing nausea and fatigue.

It was after the birth of her daughter Grace in 2021 that she says the pain became so bad, she would “lie on the floor”.

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“I just couldn’t move,” she said.

It was a doctor in the US that eventually diagnosed her via exploratory surgery.

“That validation, I woke up and he said, ‘I don’t know how you functioned being in this much pain every day.'”

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‘Proud’ husband’s emotional tribute to Bindi Irwin

Since then, Bindi has been come a vocal advocate for women’s health and endometriosis sufferers, with her brother Robert also spreading the message about women’s health, including this week when he announced he’d be joining the cast of Dancing With The Stars in the US.

It was on May 10 while the family was on their way to the Steve Irwin Gala in the US that Bindi began suffering crippling pain.

She was rushed to hospital with her mother Terri by her side and underwent emergency surgery for a burst appendix, a hernia and more endometriosis. She had her appendix removed.

After her surgery, she said in a message to fans: “Hey guys, Bindi here, I just wanted to thank you so much for your incredible well-wishes,” she said.

“I just got out of surgery about an hour ago.

“I had my appendix removed. I also had 14 new endometriosis lesions that had to be removed. And they kindly stitched up my hernia as well.”

She continued by thanking her doctor and medical staff at Lennox Hill Hospital in New York, saying she is “forever grateful” to them for their care of her and thanked everyone for their support.

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