At 56, the former Wheel of Fortune host had visited a number of different doctors for help managing some of her symptoms - which included heavy bleeding, constipation and pelvic congestion.
After finally getting a proper diagnosis - and discovering that by that point, her uterus had grown to the size of that of a 16-week pregnant woman - she opted for a robotic hysterectomy to put an end to her suffering.
Those of us in our fifties are the first sort of all-singing, all-dancing generation because we’re working, we’re keeping fit, we’re looking after our parents, our children, and we haven’t got time, so we just think, ‘I can live with that.’ But what we think is acceptable just isn’t.”.
Her symptoms impacted almost every aspect of her life, including her time with her fiancé Martin Lowe, and her two daughters from her previous marriage, Constance, 24, and Pollyanna, 16.
Jenny Powell underwent a life-changing hysterectomy four months ago after years of trying to manage increasingly debilitating symptoms.
