Amy Schumer has, in a roundabout way, thanked the internet for their trolling about her appearance.
Last year, the Trainwreck actress was faced with a barrage of comments about her ‘puffier face’.
Responding to the remarks at the time, Schumer argued that ‘a woman doesn’t need any excuse for her physical appearance and owes no explanation’.
She did note, however, that she was ‘puffier than normal right now’.
But Schumer was later diagnosed with Cushing Syndrome — something that might not have happened if people hadn’t expressed concerns about her face.
What is Cushing Syndrome?
As per Mayo Clinic, Cushing Syndrome ‘happens when the body has too much of the hormone cortisol for a long time’.
The website goes on: “This can result from the body making too much cortisol, or from taking medicines called glucocorticoids, which affect the body the same way as cortisol.”
Symptoms include slow wound healing; acne; weight gain in the face (sometimes referred to as ‘moon face’); weight gain around the trunk of the body; and skin that bruises easily.
Amy Schumer was diagnosed with Cushing Syndrome last year (Marleen Moise/WireImage)
The illness affects approximately 13 per million people annually, and typically occurs in people aged 25 to 40, as per the National Organization of Rare Diseases (NORD).
What caused Amy Schumer to get the condition?
Some have linked steroid injections to people developing Cushing Syndrome, something which Schumer revealed she’d been having.
Speaking on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Schumer said of people’s remarks: “At first, I was like, ‘F**k off’.”
But then she realized that some comments were from doctors.
She said: “I’m like, ‘Wait, I’m getting trolled by doctors?'”
She realised comments about steroid injections and Cushing Syndrome could be relevant to her as she’d been getting the treatment to help with her breast reduction and C-section scars.
People’s comments on Schumer’s appearance encouraged her to get a diagnosis (Raymond Hall/GC Images)
Schumer went on to share: “So I got these was getting these steroid injections and so it gave me this thing called Cushing syndrome — which I wouldn’t have known if the internet hadn’t come for me so hard.”
Does she still have Cushing Syndrome?
Schumer said that she’s ‘got rid’ of the condition, adding that ‘it just has to work itself out’.
While it seems as if the Life of Beth star didn’t need any treatment for her Cushing Syndrome, there are several available options.
Mayo Clinic says that people can treat the health issue by reducing glucocorticoid use; having a tumor removed if that’s the cause; having radiation therapy; or by taking medications that control cortisol production.
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President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum has argued the ‘entire world’ will still call the Gulf by its original name.
Within the first 24 hours of being sworn in as the President of the United States for the second time, Donald Trump wasted no time signing off on multiple executive orders.
By January 21, the White House’s website listed 25 executive orders including one about ‘restoring names that honor American greatness’.
Donald Trump’s executive order
The order argues that it’s ‘in the national interest to promote the extraordinary heritage of our Nation and ensure future generations of American citizens celebrate the legacy of our American heroes’, and so the naming of the US’ ‘national treasures, including breathtaking natural wonders and historic works of art, should honor the contributions of visionary and patriotic Americans in our Nation’s rich past’.
Two examples listed including the renaming of North America’s highest peak to ‘Mount McKinley’ to honor President McKinley. And the second? Well, the Gulf of Mexico being renamed as ‘Gulf of America’.
The order notes the area as being ‘an integral asset to our once burgeoning Nation and has remained an indelible part of America’ and ‘a crucial artery for America’s early trade and global commerce’.
Reflecting on its ‘remarkable body of water’ alongside ‘natural resources and wildlife,’ it resolved: “The Gulf will continue to play a pivotal role in shaping America’s future and the global economy, and in recognition of this flourishing economic resource and its critical importance to our Nation’s economy and its people, I am directing that it officially be renamed the Gulf of America.”
And Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum has since addressed the executive order, arguing Trump can call the Gulf whatever he likes, but it will ultimately always be known as the Gulf of Mexico to the rest of the world.
Mexico’s response to Donald Trump
Trump signed off on the Gulf of Mexico now being known as the Gulf of America (CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
In a briefing on the morning of Tuesday (January 21), Sheinbaum said, as quoted by DW.com: “He says that he will call it the ‘Gulf of America’ on its continental shelf. For us it is still the Gulf of Mexico and for the entire world it is still the Gulf of Mexico.”
Elsewhere in the speech, she noted it’s ‘important to always keep a cool head and refer to signed agreements, beyond actual speeches’.
She added: “Regarding the decrees that President Donald Trump signed yesterday, I would like to say the following: The people of Mexico can be sure that we will always defend our sovereignty and our independence.”
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Topics: Donald Trump, Mexico, Politics, US News, World News
Choosing what to name your child is not an easy task – something Amy Schumer learned the hard way.
The comedian and actor is mom to five-year-old son Gene, whom she shares with her husband Chris Fischer.
The Life & Beth star has been very candid about motherhood over the years, including how she found pregnancy difficult.
Schumer, 43, also described her C-section as ‘terrifying’.
“I was throwing up through the first hour of my C-section,” she previously shared on the Informed Pregnancy and Parenting Podcast.
“It’s supposed to take about an hour and a half – mine took over three hours because of my endometriosis, and that was really scary.”
Elsewhere, Schumer has discussed her son’s chosen name.
Gene was born with a different middle name to what he has now, with the I Feel Pretty actress opting to change it when the youngster was 11 months old.
The reason she changed it was because Gene’s first and second names put together sounded rather unfortunate…
Amy Schumer has a five-year-old son named Gene. (@amyschumer/Instagram)
The five-year-old was first called Gene Attell Fischer, but Schumer realised what it sounded like ‘genital’.
Speaking on the Amy Schumer Presents: 3 Girls, 1 Keith podcast at the time of their decision to change Gene’s name, the 43-year-old mom explained: “So do you guys know that Gene, our baby’s name is officially changed? It’s now Gene David Fischer.
“It was Gene Attell Fischer, but we realized that we by accident named our son ‘genital’.”
Schumer chose the name Attell after her close pal Dave Attell, but swapped Gene’s middle name to David instead so that it was still paying homage to her friend without the rude connotations.
The comic added that the new moniker hit ‘two stones’ as her father’s middle name is also David.
The comedian shares her son with Chris Fischer. (@amyschumer/Instagram)
Another aspect of motherhood that Schumer has been candid about is how using Ozempic stopped her from being able to play with her son.
Speaking on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen last year, the comic said of her experience with Ozempic: “I was one of the people that felt like so sick and like couldn’t like play with my son. I was so skinny.”
Schumer said that her son Gene would be ‘throwing a ball’ at her and she couldn’t even engage.
The mom-of-one went on to say that the side effects she had while using Ozempic weren’t ‘liveable’ for her, so she stopped.
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Topics: Parenting, Celebrity, Amy Schumer
Olivia Munn has opened up about her breast cancer ‘timeline’ after being diagnosed back in 2023.
The Attack of the Show! star revealed she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer in March this year, explaining she received the official diagnosis in April 2023.
In a post to her Instagram at the time, she recalled taking a genetic test with her sister in a bid to be ‘more proactive’ about her health.
The test checked them for ’90 cancer genes including BRCA’ and the pair both tested negative.
Munn also had a ‘negative mammogram’ the same winter, however, just ‘two months later’ she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The actor admitted in the past 10 months she’d only seen people when she had the ‘energy’ and felt able to get out of the house, keeping her ‘diagnosis and the worry and the recovery and the pain medicine and the paper gowns private’ because she ‘needed to catch [her] breath and get through some of the hardest parts before sharing’.
However, she’s since taken to her social media once again to open up about her cancer journey over the past year and around five months, even sharing a detailed ‘timeline’ with followers.
Olivia Munn was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2023 (Instagram/@oliviamunn)
In a post to her Instagram yesterday (September 5), Munn explained: “My breast cancer timeline. I’ve gotten a lot of questions about this and I’ve wanted to make this video for those asking for a while but I’ve been filming, finishing filming, running after a toddler and starting a new medication. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
“If you have any questions about my treatment or surgeries I’ve listed please put them in the comments.”
The timeline begins in January 2022 when Munn underwent two mammograms and two ultrasounds which both came back clear.
The following January, a mammogram once again came back clear, the next month, she received a zero percent change of genetic cancer test reading and in March 2023, her Tyrer-Cuzick breast cancer assessment score came back as 37.3 percent.
In March to April 2023 she underwent an MRI, ultrasound and biopsies which revealed a bilateral breast cancer diagnosis which led to her undergoing a double mastectomy, nipple delay – to preserve the nipples – and lymph node dissection in May alongside egg retrieval in June.
Munn shared a ‘timeline’ of her journey with breast cancer (Instagram/@oliviamunn)
In September 2023, Munn had breast reconstruction surgery and began Lupron – hormone used to treat breast cancer in November, before undergoing a partial hysterectomy – surgery to remove part of the womb – and oophorectomy – surgery to remove part of all of the ovaries – in April and finally beginning Arimidex – hormonal therapy drug – last month.
Munn also thanked anyone who’s messaged her, commented or stopped her in the street to show their support.
She resolved: “It means so much to me and it’s been incredibly healing so thank you, thank you, thank you.”
If you’ve been affected by any of these issues and want to speak to someone in confidence, contact the American Cancer Society on 1-800-227-2345 or via their live chat feature, available 24/7 every day of the year.
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Topics: Cancer, Celebrity, Health, Mental Health, Social Media
Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide which some readers may find distressing.
An author has announced her own passing in a post to social media.
Upon being diagnosed with early onset dementia 10 years ago, Dr Wendy Mitchell started an online blog – called Which me am I today? – documenting her experiences living with the disease.
However, yesterday (22 February) marks the author and sociologist’s final post, her daughters sharing a blog post Wendy wrote before she died to announce her passing.
Wendy – who wrote the book Somebody I used to know and One Last Thing – passed away at the age of 68 after being diagnosed with early onset dementia in 2014 at the age of 58 – a condition which causes ‘a progressive decline in people’s ability to think, reason, communicate and remember’, as per Dementia UK.
It explains dementia is described as ‘early onset,’ ‘young onset’ or ‘working age’ when ‘symptoms develop before the age of 65’.
Wendy’s daughters Sarah and Gemma took to their mom’s X account to share their mom’s final blog post.
The post reads: “Our mum died peacefully early this morning. She wrote a blog post before she died so you can read about it from her perspective.”
And the blog post – titled My final hug in a mug – makes for a tremendously heartbreaking but important read.
Wendy Mitchell
Addressing everyone who has been following her story as well as ‘anyone else who cares,’ Wendy explains if you’re reading the blog post, it means she’s ‘sadly died’.
The post continues: “Sorry to break the news to you this way, but if I hadn’t, my inbox would eventually have been full of emails asking if I’m OK, which would have been hard for my daughters to answer…”
Wendy reflects on how ‘resilient’ she has been throughout her life, but how she could never have predicted she would end up diagnosed with such a ‘cruel disease,’ going on to explain why she is such a supporter of making ‘assisted dying’ legal in more countries.
Ultimately, ‘after looking at every option and eventuality,’ resolute in not wanting her dementia to take her to the stage where she becomes ‘reliant on others’ for her ‘daily needs,’ she revealed she decided she wanted to go to Switzerland for a ‘dignified death’.
X/ @WendyPMitchell
Unfortunately, after an accident, Wendy wasn’t ‘confident’ enough to travel there alone, but still didn’t want to end up as an inpatient in hospital or a resident in a Care Home.
“I’m NOT saying it’s wrong for everyone, I’m saying it’s wrong for me. You may say, ‘but my mum’s in the late stages and she’s very happy in her care home’. “I’m really pleased she is, truly, I am. It’s just not the place I want to end my years,” Wendy continues.
So, Wendy decided ‘the only choice open’ to her was to no longer eat or drink
She said: “I wasn’t depressed, I wasn’t forced or cajoled in any way whatsoever, it was solely down to my choice. I was ready.”
X/ @WendyPMitchell
Noting people ‘may or may not agree’ with her decision and ‘how and when’ she’s decided to ‘leave this world,’ she stresses the choice was ‘totally’ hers.
She said: “Some people may be angry at what I’ve done and that’s their prerogative – but don’t take that anger out on anyone other than me.
“This was all MY CHOICE, my decision. So please respect my daughters’ privacy, as they didn’t choose the life I chose, of standing up to and speaking out against dementia.”
Wendy resolves if anyone reading wants to ‘do something’ for her, it’s to ‘campaign for assisted dying to be law here’.
She concluded: “Thank you to all those who have supported me along the way…your support was invaluable.
“Dementia didn’t play the winning card – I did.”
You can read Wendy’s final blog post here.
If you’ve been affected by dementia or Alzheimer’s and would like to speak with someone in confidence, contact the Alzheimer’s Association via 800.272.3900 open 24 hours seven days a week.