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Shrinking fibroids naturally before and after photo comparison

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Originally writte 2012/04/03

I haven’t written an update on my progress in a while. I still have fibroids and I still don’t know if they can really go away by eating this or drinking that or by taking this or that supplement. I’ve been trying to shrink mine since I was told in December 2010 that mine were too big and my uterus too large for me to avoid a hysterectomy. I was told my situation was urgent, but there was nothing I could do about it because I didn’t have money to afford surgery and I still don’t have health insurance. If you’ve already read about this in my previous reports I apologize for repeating it. I’m repeating it for the benefit of anyone who hasn’t read any of the other updates. Below is a picture of where things stand with me and my fibroids.

As you can see there’s not much difference between the picture I took for my update on December 31 2011 and the picture I took a few minutes ago for today’s update. In fact, in today’s picture it might look as if my stomach protrudes more than in December but that is not really the case. The position of the fibroids have shifted. My stomach is not as round all over. My lower pelvic area and my upper rib area are protruding less so there’s more of an incline giving the appearance of a bigger protrusion. This is actually a good thing because I can see more of my shape now.

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I have not been drinking apple cider vinegar since about January. I also have not been drinking blackstrap molasses since about the same time. I prefer not to render a yes or no opinion on the questions of whether or not apple cider vinegar can shrink fibroids and whether or not blackstrap molasses can shrink fibroids. I believe that it’s worth trying to see if it works for you or not. Personally I don’t think either the apple cider vinegar or the blackstrap molasses have done anything significant towards helping to shrink my fibroids. I think getting back into shape has been the primary key to controlling how much my stomach protrudes.

I never did keep my appointment at the clinic because I didn’t have the money to pay for the appointment. That means I don’t know what the real situation is as far as what size my fibroids are now. I know my stomach is smaller but that doesn’t mean the fibroids are smaller.

Right now what I’m doing in my ongoing process of trying to shrink them is practicing a five day fast at the beginning of each month and doing meditative stretching during and after this 5 day fast. The 30 day juice fast suggested will not work for me but maybe it might work for you. I spent most of my life being very skinny and only after gaining weight when I started battling hormonal issues at age 35 did I learn to appreciate that I had been way too skinny. I have no desire to go back to that emaciated size and 30 days without substantial meals will put be back there. Also the risk of redeveloping the eating disorder that allowed me to stay under 100 pounds for so many years of my life isn’t one I can afford to take. So I’ve come up with a program for myself where I do a tea fast 5 days per month and incorporate that with the meditation/stretch. On the other days I try to eat as well as I can on my budget and I workout at least 5 days per week and include some meditation and stretching when I have enough left for an extra 30 – 60 minutes of it after doing the cardio and resistance stuff. I do have my spells where the fibroids seem to get bigger. It happens at that time of the month and it also happens if I go a few days not paying enough attention to what I’m eating, but the fasting seems to reset it.

I’ve seen so many different things out there, so many different people saying this works and that works. Most of these people have something to sell. I can’t afford any of the products that are claimed to work, so my hope is that I can maintain what I’m doing with the program I’ve created and that by August when I take my next comparison photo, there will be even greater improvement in my condition. I’m at a point where I don’t think getting rid of the fibroids altogether is possible without removing them whether by hysterectomy or some other procedure, so I’m resigned to trying to get my body to where I can still look and feel good even while I have fibroids that have changed the shape of my body.

If you’re battling fibroids I wish you all the best with shrinking them. If you’ve tried something that has worked for you please share it as there are so many people out there who are dealing with this problem and not everyone can afford to pay for information and pay for pills or books or whatever else is out there being sold. If nothing else, share your story because we might find enough common things to lead in a direction where that aha moment can happen and the factual cause of fibroids can be figured out and a way to shrink and prevent them found. We’re luckier than a lot of people because our tumors are not malignant; but fibroids are still a health problem that cause difficulties for sufferers and it doesn’t seem as if much has been done to try to find out what really causes them and what can be done to get rid of them or prevent them without having to remove part of a woman’s body, whether it’s a part she needs or not. There’s just too much conflicting information out there and the bulk of it from people who are not medical professionals. If fibroids can be shrunken naturally why doesn’t the medical profession know this? There are individual doctors out there selling pills that they concocted which they say will shrink our fibroids. If they can come up with fibroid shrinking pills why don’t our doctors have fibroid shrinking pills for us which they can prescribe? Are the ones who claim their pills will shrink our fibroids lying to us? Or is it that the powers that be don’t consider fibroids important enough to invest time and money into developing a pill when they can just take our uterus out, get $10,000 from us whether out of our pocket directly or from our insurance companies and be done with it?

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My name is Monica. I have fibroids. My fibroids are large enough that they have transformed my figure into something I am still trying to learn how to live with. In the meantime while I try to learn how to live with my fibroids I am also trying every possible method I can find to try to shrink them naturally because I am afraid of the idea of a hysterectomy. I lived with fibroids from 2007 - 2016. I started documenting my experiences on this blog in 2012. On March 7th 2016 I had a hysterectomy out of concern that I might have ovarian cancer. It did not turn out that I had ovarian cancer. The cancer scare forced the hysterectomy I was trying to avoid, and so, I became fibroid free as of March 7th 2016. I will try to keep this blog up and running in the hope that it will be of some use to others going through what I went through.

6 COMMENTS

  1. Fibroids do not go away and most of the things that are suppose to shrink them is only temporary, the only way fibroids go away is through menopause, or for the doctors to go in and cut off the blood supply, because your menstral cycle is their food supply which makes them grow, the pill that the Doctors have to shrink fibroids is only temporarily and can only be used for 6 months. if you are producing too much estrogen, maybe regulating your estrogen levels may help reduce them. I was once in your shoes I had fibroids since 2006 and no insurance but since 2011 I was doing ok, exercising and fasting, but as soon as i stop fasting and exercising, do to painful cramping in my stomach and cramps in my legs and feet, boy did they ever grow and I began to put on a lot of weight, its so embarrassing to me to go around looking pregnant. The only thing the Doctor suggested for me is to have a historectomy, now I am high risk, because the fibroids have pushed my uterus out of place. Now i wished i could have done something way sooner, but at the time I had no insurance. These fibroids are no joke get it done don’t carry them around any longer if you can help it. They cause back problems, back pain foot pain, knee pain and swelling, heavy bleeding 7 days, sometimes on and off throughout the month and cramping and painful intercourse.

    • Now I am waiting to have surgery don’t have a date yet, but hopefully soon, since i am high risk no Doctor in the high desert wanted to take me as a patient, I had one doctor I went to that is African American, I was hoping that she would help me, but after my lab results her office never called me back in, that was in 2012 since then i have been to ttwo other doctors and now I’m waiting to see a specialist.

    • kanpee, thank you for sharing your story and good luck with your situation. It is also my experience that the fibroids do not go away and that they grow back if I fall off track with my efforts to shrink them. I guess that’s where the complete lifestyle change and lifetime commitment to maintaining that change comes into the picture. For me a hysterectomy or other medical procedure is still not an option. No money. No health insurance. So I have to to keep trying with the natural approach for now.

  2. Thanks for sharing. I have the awful fibroids and just recently saw pictures of them for the first time. These foreign particles have invaded my body and I want them gone. The cramping has worsen over time and heavy bleeding can be so embarrassing even if I am the only one who knows it, it seems like the whole world can see. I constantly check myself when ever I sit while on my cycle. The lower back pain is recently developed and the test I take indicate no foul play with my back. Hysterectomy is the recommended option given their size, but I am really scared to losing a part of me and to potentially exposing my body to other ailments.

  3. Well l have had fibroid for a while now. I did a surgery to remove them and they grew back. I use to drink a lot and work a lot and that was not good. I have high estrogen too. I actually did a lot of research on my condition and let do notice that the molasses and dandelion works for me. I use to have some horrible vampire periods with pain so bad that last wanted to reap out my hair. My blood was always low and let was always so sleepy. After my physical this year later decided to try again to shrink or control them. So far my period is just around 5days and the pain and heavy bleeding is gone especially the bleeding. Even my boyfriend is into the daily activities of my period. Actually the whole family because that’s how bad it was. I lost a lot of work and thank God at the time my boss was sympathetic. This fibroid somehow became and still is like a third person . Always there always hungry. Just waiting for the wrong consumption to act up .l also had the bloating effect and extreme pain to the right side below my belly and waist just before my period. This pain kept me up for around two weeks. It was only recently launched found out it was the fibroid upon the day l was to see the doctor the period came and the pain was gone. Also carrot juice and cucumber juice helps a lot and pumpkin with lentil soup helps . Today is the forth day of my mestral and it is almost gone thank God. Before l would almost have 12 – 14 days period. I am a strong coffer lover so l am limited to my consumption now but l am on a mission. My energy is high and low must admit the walking and stretching helps a lot. So far l drink some water with a cap full of apple cider every morning before meals and evening. I also try to avoid the trigger factors like tones of fat fried or alcohol. May God bless us all. I will be trying for a baby soon because in the past these vampires gave me no rest of peace do l am praying because l do not wish to remove my womb . May God bless us all. Prayer is also very important with these situations and meditation. American.

  4. I have the fibrosis iwas sleeping for two weeks. Now lhv try the chines remedy lam better.cause i dont want to remove my womb.

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