#fibroids

so ive been on my period for damn near 3 months now, and it’s crazy heavy still so me and my OBGYN decided to try giving me the shot that makes you essentially go on menopause temporarily to shrink my fibroids. she said ill experience about 2 weeks of menopause symptoms but should have about 3 months of no period and it will shrink my uterine fibroids. they’re currently the size of oranges rn 🥴

Also I do think I might take a break from (some) aspects of social media. Because if it's not book communities, I'm also getting a bit peeved off in just health communities. I don't know. I saw someone sharing a couple days ago their boyfriend might've cracked the "code" for why people get bloated from fibroid. (unfortunately it's not what you think.) And OP shared her boyfriend's theory is because the uterus is meant for babies so obviously the body must be processing the fibroid like a baby, so its attempting to protect it and is "going into pregnancy like symptoms because the uterus is programmed for that". (It doesn't make sense. And it bothered me a lot. probably because I lost a part of my uterus to my fibroid/apart of removal, because it was growing into my muscle tissue. But it bothers me because people can also grow fibroids on the outside of their uterus, or like me into the tissues itself. ) I wouldn't have said anything, but it was posted in a fibroid space, with the question of "what do you think? Do you think he cracked the code?" So I replied saying it doesn't make a sense, explained why, my experience, my fibroid size, location etc. I pointed out fibroid DO make/supply their own estrogen (Which is what leads to rapid growth), and depending on location, size etc. They could also press on organs & do cause inflammation/fibroid belly... And then got a "well it's just meant to comfort people" - and its like.... *Sighs* I don't... understand. maybe I'm the dumb one? I also don't understand how it's meant to comfort people, cause some people do lose that ability to have kids too. But not only that but I had another person be like "actually my body did treat my fibroid like a baby so like speak for yourself pls. god your awful." and I'm like - I wasn't rude? I said "That isn't correct, yes it's correct you have an increased hormones. But that's because fibroids makes their own estrogen supply. But saying your body is going to process it like a baby isn't correct. Some people get fibroids on the outside of there uterus or deep into there tissues. Mine was subserosal, growing on the outside of my uterus, pressing on my bowels and spine. It ended up being 11.2cm x 11.2cms x 4.2 cms by the time it was removed. I think if you keep in mind too other diagnoses like cancers, pcos and endo can also have co-occurring issues like bloating, it makes more sense to look at those communities and see they use terms like 'endo belly' 'pcos belly'. but saying your body is obviously prepping for a baby isn't correct ." <- That isn't rude. It's matter of fact. but... It's not rude. and responses like "your awful" makes me confused. & then it's the book stuff. I join book communities because I enjoy reading, I join health communities for different illnesses I struggle with because I do like to see current dialogues happening/current research being shared. But at the same time, I feel like I just keep interacting with things, or seeing things, or having people interact with me who take what i'm saying and flip it in some other direction. So yeah I might stay away from fb for a bit.

I really wish infertility were treated as a symptom of an underlying issue, rather than a condition of itself. It is often one of MANY health problem that accompanies reproductive disorders, and not all women with those disorders will experience infertility.