Your article is very helpful because most people that I discuss this with think that I should just have surgery - hysterectomy. It is amazing how many of my friends have undergone that surgery and did not even not about the alternatives. Ok, I realize that age, size of the fibroids, and quality of lifestyle are important determinants of surgery but I still feel that any surgery decision should be made based on an “informed decision.”
By the way, I only eat meat products from the ocean and do not eat an inordinate amount of dairy so estrogen is not a large factor in my case. Therefore, I am sure that the increase in size over the past two years of my fibroids is largely due to a very stressful and emotional period that I hope I am at the end of. Yes, of course, one of the stressors was breaking up with a boyfriend.
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