Lupita Nyong’o revealed she has over 50 fibroids, the biggest is the size of an orange. She is currently advocating and raising money for scientists to figure out less invasive ways to treat fibroids.
My mom had horrible fibroids when I was a kid. After she had one the size of a grapefruit, she opted for a hysterectomy to not have to deal with the pain anymore.
cheri_coco on
I had 28 removed in 2024. Biggest one size of a football. I’ll definitely be donating.
Severus-Snape-DaGod on
I had been complaining about abdominal pain for a good 10 years before I switched to a new doctor who finally ordered an ultrasound and found 15 fibroids, one the size of a golf ball.
I’ve consistently had to advocate for my own health, especially as a WOC, so good on Lupita for speaking out. Women’s reproductive health is still seriously understudied and too often dismissed.
thenga_mol on
The wild part is how common fibroids are and yet most of us only hear about them when someone famous talks about it. Women’s health has been under-researched for way too long.
Mintyytea on
I didn’t even know what Fibroids are because yeah, it’s never talked about. I googled them in images, and they are so big! They look like a bunch of cancer masses, and apparently they can affect you to be incontinent and have a lot of debilitating side effects.
I don’t even know how she’s been able to do work without them really impacting her. 8 in 10 women is huge. There’s nothing being learned about them because it’s just another way that women aren’t valued as citizens in societies.
She already had invasive surgery to remove her fibroids when she had 20. Now they came back and she has 50. I feel for her and hope too that there will be more awareness and research into treatment for all of us
tripleHpotter on
I’m so happy she’s doing this- we do need to find better and less invasive ways to treat these types of things.
-EvilLittleGoat- on
I applaud her for speaking up on this! The way women are overlooked in medical research is appalling. We are starting to see some progress, but we’re so far behind that we really need those with a platform to speak up, shine a light on the lack of treatment, and hopefully help get more funding routing out way.
isorainbow on
Lupita just gets cooler every time I read about her.
Historical_Project00 on
Mifepristone has been shown to shrink fibroids, but abortion restrictions (and general lack of care for research women’s health) have made it difficult to look into as a viable solution. It could also be a treatment for endometriosis and Gulf War Illness.
AEON_MK2 on
I am a male. I have never heard of a fibroid before.
Comfortable-Bear1998 on
what if ultrasounds don’t find them bc that’s my doctors go to to convince me my period pain is bc i don’t want to go on birth control and ultrasound proves it’s not fibroids and they never will advocate for laparoscopy
iwatchterribletvtoo on
this is wonderful!
the autistic nerd in me is also going: _who gave her a sumo mandarin for this photo when we are talking about oranges?!_
naps_forever on
I had a hysterectomy two months ago as my only option to no longer bleed 3-4 weeks at a time. It was hell. Extremely common.
yunghazel on
I just got a hysterectomy due to fibroids. I had 3 at first, 2 oranges and a cantaloupe. They caused so much bleeding I had to get a blood transfusion. Got them removed and they grew back 6 months later with a vengeance, so hysto it was. They are a bitch!
I’m glad she’s speaking up about it because there really isn’t that much info on them and part of me wonders if it’s because they’re more common in black women. Funnily enough the first time I heard about them was on RHOA when Cynthia had her operation.
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That just looks like a bowl of fruit to me
My mom had horrible fibroids when I was a kid. After she had one the size of a grapefruit, she opted for a hysterectomy to not have to deal with the pain anymore.
I had 28 removed in 2024. Biggest one size of a football. I’ll definitely be donating.
I had been complaining about abdominal pain for a good 10 years before I switched to a new doctor who finally ordered an ultrasound and found 15 fibroids, one the size of a golf ball.
I’ve consistently had to advocate for my own health, especially as a WOC, so good on Lupita for speaking out. Women’s reproductive health is still seriously understudied and too often dismissed.
The wild part is how common fibroids are and yet most of us only hear about them when someone famous talks about it. Women’s health has been under-researched for way too long.
I didn’t even know what Fibroids are because yeah, it’s never talked about. I googled them in images, and they are so big! They look like a bunch of cancer masses, and apparently they can affect you to be incontinent and have a lot of debilitating side effects.
I don’t even know how she’s been able to do work without them really impacting her. 8 in 10 women is huge. There’s nothing being learned about them because it’s just another way that women aren’t valued as citizens in societies.
She already had invasive surgery to remove her fibroids when she had 20. Now they came back and she has 50. I feel for her and hope too that there will be more awareness and research into treatment for all of us
I’m so happy she’s doing this- we do need to find better and less invasive ways to treat these types of things.
I applaud her for speaking up on this! The way women are overlooked in medical research is appalling. We are starting to see some progress, but we’re so far behind that we really need those with a platform to speak up, shine a light on the lack of treatment, and hopefully help get more funding routing out way.
Lupita just gets cooler every time I read about her.
Mifepristone has been shown to shrink fibroids, but abortion restrictions (and general lack of care for research women’s health) have made it difficult to look into as a viable solution. It could also be a treatment for endometriosis and Gulf War Illness.
I am a male. I have never heard of a fibroid before.
what if ultrasounds don’t find them bc that’s my doctors go to to convince me my period pain is bc i don’t want to go on birth control and ultrasound proves it’s not fibroids and they never will advocate for laparoscopy
this is wonderful!
the autistic nerd in me is also going: _who gave her a sumo mandarin for this photo when we are talking about oranges?!_
I had a hysterectomy two months ago as my only option to no longer bleed 3-4 weeks at a time. It was hell. Extremely common.
I just got a hysterectomy due to fibroids. I had 3 at first, 2 oranges and a cantaloupe. They caused so much bleeding I had to get a blood transfusion. Got them removed and they grew back 6 months later with a vengeance, so hysto it was. They are a bitch!
I’m glad she’s speaking up about it because there really isn’t that much info on them and part of me wonders if it’s because they’re more common in black women. Funnily enough the first time I heard about them was on RHOA when Cynthia had her operation.