 |
| From http://www.fibroidsla.com/ |
I was talking to my mother last week and she informed me my sister had been in the hospital due to fibroids. Hers are worse then mine though - she had to be given 2 pints of blood. My mother had to have her fibroids removed. It was the size of a large orange and her uterus was a casualty of that fibroid. Then my good friend from work just told me recently she had a partial hysterectomy due to her fibroids. Am I missing something?? Three out of the 5 women I had interactions with had fibroids not including me!
They range in size. At this moment mine is the size of a grapefruit - the pictures below put things in perspective. I didn't post these pictures to gross anyone out but to put a face behind this issue. Go here
Fibroids are more common than most think and occur and are occuring in more women at a younger age. I have had fibroids since I was about 19 years old. I thought I would try to have my fibroids shrunken naturally but I am a stress eater and my post-partum depression called for Oreos on end. I have since killed that craving for Oreos as I have to put my body first if I want to have another baby.
There are many ways for getting rid of fibroids. As I said before I was going to take the natural route but my visit from Aunt Flo last month begged to differ. You would have thought I was having a miscarriage my pain was so intense. So I went to my doctor and he suggested they go ahead and remove that sucker via Myomectomy. I said HECK YEAH!!
I am scared about the surgery.....I don't like having surgery but who does. The only thing I like about being in the is the hospital food. I LOVE hospital food.....dont be frowning up at me. Hospital food is good!!! Anyway, I will be having this procedure on 2/17. Can't you tell how excited I am?? I should have taken care of my fibroids YEARS ago but I ignored it and took my insurance for granted. Now that I have been WITHOUT medical insurance for the last two years, I'm wishing I would have went to the doctor more instead of making excuses. A word to the wise: When your body is speaking to you, listen closely and listen NOW.
I found this video of one on YouTube......watch at your own risk though.
****Resources ****
MORE Magazine has more info here
MORE Magazine has more info here
Natural Remedies - I would do more research on natural fibroid shrinking. I searched and searched for info but everything is the same.
The National Uterine Fibroids Foundation
The National Uterine Fibroids Foundation
4 comments:
Fibroids are gross, and they do range in size. I guess it just depends on the woman. When they are that big, that's just scary.
I hope everything goes OK with your fibroid surgery!!!!! If you ever want to write about fibroids as a guest post for me, I'd love to get your perspective, since it's very different from women who have never gone through it.
Good luck to you!!!!! I will be praying for you!
-DP
Hip Chick's Guide to PMS, Pregnancy, and Babies
You are the winner of the bookmark trio! Let me know where to mail it! Blessings!
Hi NayLahKnee,
You are the winner of the bookmark trio. I will contact the runner-up, if you are unavailable to accept the giveaway, by Wednesday evening. Blessings, Cynthia
No need to apologize;-) I understand that most people work--I'm early-retired. The bookmarks are on the way! I hope you like them. And, thank you, for being one of my followers! Many Blessings!
Post a Comment