I always prided myself on being healthy. I was an Athlete, A dancer, & I stayed up to date on all my Dcotor visits.
So when I was diagnosed with Fibroids at the age of 30, I was completely destroyed.
I began having dizzy spells around my cycle in December of 2019, and I was having issues breathing in my sleep in March of 2020 so I decided to see a Dr. about it. They told me that my iron was significantly low and that they wanted me to see a gynecologist. They also put me on anti biotics to clear up the mucus that was preventing me to breathe clearly at night.
The anti biotics didnt work. So, I took matters into my own hands and researched what caused excess mucus to form in the body. I found that eating dairy, and other inflammatory foods could cause mucus to form in the body and could possibly be why I was having so much trouble being congested. I decided to take dairy out of my diet for 30 days, and I then scheduled my gynecology appointment for May of 2020.
By the time I went to the doctor in May, the congestion had completely cleared up. But we still needed to address the dizzy spells. They believed that they were due to my heavy cycles, and once she felt my uterus, she had me go in for an external ultrasound.
Thats when we learned that I had 3 large fibroids growin gin my uterus that were making my uterus the size of a 16 week pregnancy. The doctor was very direct ( & might I add, lacking in compassion) when she delivered the news that I would have to get surgery and take birth control in order to slow down my cycles and to remove the fibroids. I cried so hard that day. I had never desired to have children until recently and now to be told that I may not be able to, was the scariest thing ever.
I decided to take matters into my own hands.
I started doing alot of research into naturally remedies to shrink fibroids. I found videos from other women who were successful at shrinking their fibroids and I read about all of the things they did. I started telling my friends about this issue I was having and they started recommending me to people. I finally connected with a herbal doctor who gave me a remedy that worked while I was doing it. I was able to get my cycle down from 8 days, to 4. I was so excited. However, once I started to feel better. I fell off because I wanted to celebrate my birthday with a great big slice of cheesecake.
I never felt the amount of pain I felt on my cycle like I did after that. The back pain, the cramps, the amount of blood I was losing, I couldn't believe that something so small ( to me at that time) could have such a major impact on me. I decided at that time, to try to go vegan for the first time in September of 2020.
Between the years of 2020 and 2022, I completely removed dairy from my diet, red meat, pork and turkey. However, I had began eating chicken, gluten, and everything else I was used to eating, not really seeing it as that big of an issue.
Until I landed in the hospital due to low iron in September of 2022. My PCP called me frantically telling me my hemoglobin had dropped severely low and I needed to get to get to the ER immediately for Iron treatments. For the next 4 months, I would go to the hospital to get iron infusions. During this time, I was also researching ways to build my iron naturally as well.
I was in an information overload. In February of 2023, I went to the dr and they told me that my fibroids were 21 cm big, so they had grown 4 cm since I had gotten then measured in 2020. I was devestated and I began to embark on this journey once again, to officially become plant based, and heal my body from fibroids.
I am still on this journey, and I am having ups and downs but one thing I will say is that I won't give up until its absolutely neccessary. I know I serve a healing God and I know I am capable and willing to do the work that needs to be done to heal. It just takes consistency and dedication. as of July 21 2023, I started a raw vegan journey to give up sugar and carbs to starve the fibroids and begin the shrinking journey after already giving up meat and soy.
If you are a woman who battles with Fibroids, know that there are so many women out here who share the same troubles, tears and fears and we don't have to fight alone. I am sharing my journey of healing on my youtube channel, sharing everything I am learning and doing. It is not an easy fight. But God gives us battles so that we can learn to lean on Him more in these times. So let's fight.
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