About Uterine Fibroids
About Uterine Fibroids
Rather than scour the internet for different resources on UF, you can find all the latest information in one place to help you better understand every aspect of the disease. Our posts cover a variety of topics, so you can get and stay in the know about living with fibroids.
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March 30, 2022
What causes UF?
Uterine fibroids are benign lumps that grow inside the uterus. While the exact cause is unknown, research shows that there...
March 30, 2022
What causes UF?
Uterine fibroids are benign lumps that grow inside the uterus. While the exact cause is unknown, research shows that there are a number of factors that can affect the likelihood that a woman will develop Uterine Fibroids in her life. We have compiled information to help women better understand Uterine Fibroids and their potential causes. The 9 Causes of Uterine Fibroids: Age Uterine Fibroids become more common as women get older until they reach the age where they go through menopause. There seems to be a large increase...
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March 30, 2022
What are the symptoms of uterine fibroids?
Fibroids can carry so few (or even no) symptoms as to be virtually undetectable. Unfortunately, they can also create varying levels of havoc within the human body. Fibroids can cause any combination of the following: Heavy menstrual bleeding – Between the pressure that fibroids exert on the uterine lining and issues with the uterus perhaps not contracting properly due to the presence of these pesky growths, many women experience unusually heavy menstrual bleeding. Additionally, in some patients, fibroids can stimulate the growth of blood vessels in the area and throw...
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March 30, 2022
Want less PMS? Manage your stress.
For women suffering from uterine fibroids, periods can be stressful enough on their own. What we sometimes forget is to...
March 30, 2022
Want less PMS? Manage your stress.
For women suffering from uterine fibroids, periods can be stressful enough on their own. What we sometimes forget is to take into account how stress in general affects the menstrual cycle. Heavy bleeding and period pain can be symptoms of fibroids, so for those already dealing with this, it’s important to consider how can you keep stress at bay in order to keep periods more manageable. How does stress affect your periods? Cortisol is the hormone that your body produces to deal with all kinds of stress. But cortisol can...
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March 30, 2022
Conquering challenging peaks of all kinds – part two
Sophie Levaud has successfully built her multi-faceted life on survival tactics she uses on her Himalayan climbs. No stranger to adversity, she exemplifies the values of patience, goal setting, persistence, community and teamwork. We, as well, have learned over the years that doing things right requires these same traits and have incorporated them into our policies and practices. Knowing When to Push Forward and When to Hold Back The most recent peak Sophie reached was the 8162 meter high Manaslu. It wasn’t clear she would make it. The night before...
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No one demonstrates this persistence and its results more vividly than Sophie Lavaud, a cosmetics entrepreneur and event planner turned...
No one demonstrates this persistence and its results more vividly than Sophie Lavaud, a cosmetics entrepreneur and event planner turned Himalayan mountaineer. Sophie is the first woman with French, Swiss and Canadian citizenship to scale seven 8000+ meter high mountain peaks, giving her the name “The 56,000 Lady”! She’s reached the summit of Mount Everest, and she’s not stopping there. Sophie’s dream is to scale all the mountains in the world that reach above 8000 meters. There are 14 of them, all in the Himalayas. Seven down, seven to go....
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March 30, 2022
Spring renewal – is that even possible with fibroids?
After a long, cold winter, feeling the warm sunshine, hearing birds chirp and smelling fresh, beautiful foliage popping up is, for most people, so energizing! Ahh… spring! For women who feel like they have had a close encounter with a steam roller, aka some women suffering from the symptoms of uterine fibroids, that fresh breath of a new season might not be so exciting. A chronic condition can be draining, both physically and emotionally. But with friends, neighbors and co-workers starting suddenly going on energetic outings and bragging about doing...
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March 30, 2022
Speak up! Why you don’t have to be embarrassed about explaining fibroid issues – and what to say.
Many women suffer while managing the symptoms of uterine fibroids completely (or nearly completely) on their own. Aside from perhaps...
March 30, 2022
Speak up! Why you don’t have to be embarrassed about explaining fibroid issues – and what to say.
Many women suffer while managing the symptoms of uterine fibroids completely (or nearly completely) on their own. Aside from perhaps close family members, there still exists a taboo over discussing women’s health issues in polite company. That taboo will continue to exist exactly as long as we as a society ALLOW it to continue. So please, join hands and let’s move past this dangerous, damaging, imaginary billboard that tells us to keep our mouths shut. Across Europe, millions of women suffer from any of numerous chronic medical conditions. Fibroids unfortunately...
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March 30, 2022
Helping your daughter feel comfortable about herself and her periods.
Back in the day, when we were teens, there were basically two parental approaches to a tween or teen daughter’s first period. There were those parents who had created an atmosphere whereby the girl was so embarrassed of this event, that she told nobody but perhaps a best friend and began sneaking her mom’s pads from the bathroom cupboard. The more progressive parents back then congratulated their daughters and provided hygienic supplies openly, even with encouragement. Fortunately, today we’ve had some progress. Do you have a daughter who is growing...
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March 30, 2022
Being social through fibroids AND cold weather
Well, winter has been underway for a while, now. While cooler weather and snow activities are the stuff many dream...
March 30, 2022
Being social through fibroids AND cold weather
Well, winter has been underway for a while, now. While cooler weather and snow activities are the stuff many dream of, for some women suffering from the symptoms of uterine fibroids, the cold can exacerbate chronic pain to the point of forcing them into being nearly housebound. While it may be “easier” to remain close to home insofar as managing heavy bleeding is concerned, a healthy balance must be found, as social interaction is a vital factor toward good mental health. What’s a woman to do when faced with what...
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March 30, 2022
Suggested reading list for sufferers of uterine fibroids
Given all the downtime created by lack of energy, aggravation from general symptoms, or just the need to slow down during days of heavy bleeding, a diagnosis of uterine fibroids may leave patients with more potential reading time than she would likely have had otherwise. Even the most avid readers are sometimes fresh out of ideas of which volume to dive into next, so here we present (drumroll, please…) our recommended reading list. The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga is for those of us in...
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Heavy bleeding and pain are often the most telltale symptoms of uterine fibroids, so much so in fact, that many...
Heavy bleeding and pain are often the most telltale symptoms of uterine fibroids, so much so in fact, that many women self-diagnose their fibroids, decide that there is nothing to be done and suffer in relative silence. Merely managing the bleeding without receiving an accurate diagnosis is simply not an option. The risks are too high. What conditions can cause heavy bleeding? Heavy bleeding, also called menorrhagia, can stem from a number of conditions, ranging from chronic yet tolerable to alarmingly dangerous. While menorrhagia indeed can be caused by uterine...
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March 30, 2022
Winter, lockdowns and fibroids – keeping spirits up
The challenges presented by the social isolation and lack of sunshine that occur every winter, coupled with repeated lockdowns in various locales due to COVID-19, on top of potential financial and child care concerns, are enough to drive anyone to a dark place. Adding the symptoms of uterine fibroids on top of all that can feel like it’s too much to bear. Heavy bleeding, bloating, chronic pain, frequent urination, constipation and fertility issues all count as stressors and affect quality of life. Yet we still need to wake up every...
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