Amy Schumer opens up about struggles with endometriosis: 'It is a lonely disease'

Comedian Amy Schumer discussed her struggles with endometriosis during a recent episode of "The Checkup with Dr. David Agus" on Paramount+. Schumer had a hysterectomy.

"I've been in so much pain, you know, my whole life — not just the week of my period; it's [also] during ovulation," Schumer said."I would hopefully get a good week a month where I wasn't in pretty significant pain, [but] still trying to achieve, still trying to go through life. It's been really difficult."

Endometriosis is a chronic disease that occurs when "tissue similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus — the endometrium — grows outside your uterus," according to the Mayo Clinic. The disease, which affects hundreds of thousands of women across the world, can cause severe pain.