Love Island’s Tayla Damir reveals her shock health battle after suffering ‘for years’

Love Island Australia star Tayla Damir has shared her relief that she’s finally ‘got answers’ after battling a mystery illness for years.

On Sunday, the 24-year-old explained she had just this week been diagnosed with endometriosis, a disorder in which the uterine lining grows outside of the uterus.

Tayla shared the news alongside a photo of herself in hospital, explaining how for so long she had suffered from excruciating pain, extreme tiredness and mood swings and had ‘no idea what was wrong’.

‘For as long as I can remember, I’ve had stomach and hormone issues,’ she began. ‘As you guys know, I get extremely bloated and can have massive mood swings and fatigue.

‘I have had countless blood tests, seen naturopaths, hormone specialist, doctors and was always given the same answer: “You have a sensitive body and need to stress less”.’

However, at the start of last year, Tayla – who shared a string of photos documenting her condition – admitted the pain and symptoms heightened to a whole new level.

She went on: ‘I was having excessive hot flushes and excruciating period pain – I would have a hot pack on my bare skin, so that pain would hurt more than the pain of the cramps.’

She added that she suffered with abdominal pain whenever she did hiit training, felt nauseous around her period and became unbelievably tired at all times. 

After going to hospital last year, Tayla says she finally found a doctor ‘who would listen’ to her, and uncovered what had been wrong for all those years.

‘I had my first laparoscopy on Friday to confirm if I had endometriosis,’ she said. ‘The endo was discovered growing on the left tube, but thankfully I only had a very small amount.’ 

‘We also discovered I have an overactive pelvic floor which is where most of my pain comes from, so I’ll be doing lots of physio therapy to get that under control,’ she added.

She went on to say that she’s still in ‘lots of pain’, but can’t help but still feel ‘gratitude to have answers’.

‘This post is to remind people to listen to their bodies,’ Tayla concluded.

Tayla won Love Island three years ago alongside her then partner, Grant Crapp. The two didn’t last, however, and Tayla is now dating AFL star Nathan Broad.