Fibroids #2
Oct. 19th, 2004 07:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
percivalOK, I did a little web search and scoured bookshops for more information.
- Fibroids normally cause heavy bleeding and menstrual cramps. I have neither, so I'm relatively asymptomatic.
- Fibroids are more common in women whose mothers or sisters have them. (Yep, that's me.)
- It's relatively normal to have one or two - fibroids that can't be palpated are deemed to be harmless.
- Fibroids can be removed surgically if they are deemed to be so large that they impair fertility.
- Fibroids can shrink; they respond to herbal medicine, good nutrition, and creative visualisation. Stress tends to make them grow.
- Fibroids are non-cancerous in 99.95% of all cases. This comes as some relief to my poor husband, who was slightly sickened at the thought of growths in my uterus, given that my mother-in-law is recovering from cervical cancer.
So, my projection: They will not operate, and I will need to FINALLY get serious about cutting out sugar and coffee and embracing a VERY wholesome lifestyle. Oh yes, and Habilitation? I kiss Thee good-bye ... probably. The last thing I need is lots of stress to feed the fibroids.
- Fibroids normally cause heavy bleeding and menstrual cramps. I have neither, so I'm relatively asymptomatic.
- Fibroids are more common in women whose mothers or sisters have them. (Yep, that's me.)
- It's relatively normal to have one or two - fibroids that can't be palpated are deemed to be harmless.
- Fibroids can be removed surgically if they are deemed to be so large that they impair fertility.
- Fibroids can shrink; they respond to herbal medicine, good nutrition, and creative visualisation. Stress tends to make them grow.
- Fibroids are non-cancerous in 99.95% of all cases. This comes as some relief to my poor husband, who was slightly sickened at the thought of growths in my uterus, given that my mother-in-law is recovering from cervical cancer.
So, my projection: They will not operate, and I will need to FINALLY get serious about cutting out sugar and coffee and embracing a VERY wholesome lifestyle. Oh yes, and Habilitation? I kiss Thee good-bye ... probably. The last thing I need is lots of stress to feed the fibroids.
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Date: 2004-10-19 04:15 pm (UTC)