Fibroid Health

One of my girlfriend went to her doctor for a pap smear.Anyway, the woman doctor said…”you have fibroids and

I feel it is best if we remove them through surgery”…My friend who is very assertive, but in a nice way, said..”Well, I will have to think about it and decide later”..the doctor said ..”that will be fine”….Anyway, later…she had made her decision…..and told the doctor over the phone..”I have decided to NOT have the surgery”…The doctor asked..WHY?…she said…”because I have done a lot of reading and fibroids go away after menopause”…The doctor said that is NOT true”…She said..”excuse me, but that is what i have read”…My question is….It is HER DECISION NOT the doctors!…Why did the doctor badger her??? Should she have said…”WHY ARE YOU BADGERING ME? It is my decision”…. She showed me her health book…and she is correct!

I agree that it is her decision to make and it is great that she did research, but I do know first-hand that some situations are a little bit different.

My mom started menopause at an early age (43) and had many fibroids. The fibroids were causing her to have extremely heavy periods and she was in a lot of pain. She too did research and was under the impression that they would go away in time. However, she became very sick and had to go to the emergency room. It turned out that the fibroids had caused so much bleeding that her hemoglobin was down to below 8…they debated doing a blood transfusion. My mom is now 44 years old and just had a hysterectomy. Though she wasn’t planning on having more kids it was very hard for her to lose those parts.

Anyway, I’m not trying to scare you. I just wanted to let you know that sometimes doctors are overly forceful out of concern, not because they are rude. Good luck!

SATTVAM FAMILY – MENOPAUSE, FIBROIDS MENSES IRREGULAR