Kate Tolo Says Her Quest to Be ‘the Female Bryan Johnson’ Is ‘for Women’
Kate Tolo got her first period at 13—an experience she says left her lying prostrate on the floor, debilitated by cramps and breaking out into a full-body sweat.
When she told her dad why she was home from school early, she remembers him saying, “We don’t talk about that female stuff.” Then he walked away.
For most of her teenage years, that was how Tolo thought about her period—as something “you just didn’t talk about.” When she was in her early twenties and experienced extreme pain while defecating, sending her to the emergency room, a doctor suggested Tolo may have endometriosis, a chronic disease believed to affect an estimated 10 percent of women of reproductive age, according to WHO data.
Caused by an overgrowth of endometrium-like tissue (uterine lining), endometriosis is primarily characterized by extremely heavy and painful periods, as well as pelvic floor dysfunction, bowel issues, and dyspareunia...
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