Amy Schumer opens up about 'botched' colonoscopy side effect
Topics: Amy Schumer, Celebrity, US News, Health
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Topics: Amy Schumer, Celebrity, US News, Health
Despite recently enduring a 'botched' medical procedure, Amy Schumer insists she feels 'happier than ever'.
The actress made an unexpected appearance at a Dear Media event on Sunday (17 May), where she caught up with Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast presenter, Amanda Hirsch.
Throughout the show, Schumer, 44, who split from her husband of seven years, Chris Fischer, back in January, kept her cards relatively close to her chest.
"I'm feeling happier than ever before," she added, however.
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Hirsch then went on to tease, 'Does it have to do with being really hot?', presumably referencing Schumer's recent headline-hitting weight loss journey.
Responding, the mother-of-one unexpectedly hinted that she hasn't been getting much action of late - not that she minds, though.
Claiming she's 'not feeling very sexual' lately, the Trainwreck star revealed she recently underwent a medical procedure gone wrong.
"I actually had kind of a botched colonoscopy," Schumer began.
For reference, a colonoscopy is a procedure that lasts between 30 and 45 minutes, in which a clinician uses a thin, flexible camera tube inserted into the anus to examine a patient's large bowel.
Usually, it's a process used to check on bowel symptoms, remove polyps, and screen for more serious conditions, like bowel cancer.
Schumer opted not to go into further detail as to why she'd visited the hospital that day, but joked with the live audience: "See, that’s another thing you’re not going to have to worry about for 15 years."
This is far from the first time the New York comedian has been candid about her personal life.
Back in December, she opened up about her battling with Cushing Syndrome, after critics publicly demanded to know whether her new slimmed-down physique was a result of viral weight loss jabs.
In an Instagram post shared at the time, Schumer clarified: "I didn’t lose 30lbs, I lost 50. Not to look hot which does feel fun and temporary. I did it to survive.
"I had a disease that makes your face extremely puffy and can kill you but the internet caught it and that disease has cleared."
Cushing syndrome is a rare condition triggered by prolonged, excessive levels of cortisol, which most commonly occurs as a result of long-term steroid medication use, but can also be caused by pituitary or adrenal tumours.
Treatment usually involves an attempt to lower cortisol levels via surgery, medication or tapering steroids.
In her social media post, Schumer added: "Sorry for whatever feeling it’s giving you that I lost weight. I’ve had plastic surgery over the years and I use Mounjaro."