Re: Women's World Article, May 13, 2003

[Guest guest]

Hi all

The part about eating your green veggies and fruit really struck a nerve with

me. I eat lots of fruit daily and yes, green veggies too (and this has been

all my life) and it hasn't seemed to have helped me in not getting fibroids

or at the very least, prevented them from getting bigger. Meanwhile, my mom

and sister who are aren't good girls and don't eat a lot of fruit and veggies

don't have fibroids! You just have to take everything with a grain of

salt...especially your veggies...lol.

Rhonda.

[Guest guest]

Hi all

The part about eating your green veggies and fruit really struck a nerve with

me. I eat lots of fruit daily and yes, green veggies too (and this has been

all my life) and it hasn't seemed to have helped me in not getting fibroids

or at the very least, prevented them from getting bigger. Meanwhile, my mom

and sister who are aren't good girls and don't eat a lot of fruit and veggies

don't have fibroids! You just have to take everything with a grain of

salt...especially your veggies...lol.

Rhonda.

[Guest guest]

Hi all

The part about eating your green veggies and fruit really struck a nerve with

me. I eat lots of fruit daily and yes, green veggies too (and this has been

all my life) and it hasn't seemed to have helped me in not getting fibroids

or at the very least, prevented them from getting bigger. Meanwhile, my mom

and sister who are aren't good girls and don't eat a lot of fruit and veggies

don't have fibroids! You just have to take everything with a grain of

salt...especially your veggies...lol.

Rhonda.

[Guest guest]

I agree with you Rhonda! I am the picture of health ...ate right my entire

life... so thin too and am involved in competive sports...so why so I get a

fibroid at 52 for the fist time in my life? You are what you eat... but I

doubt that fibroids are started or stopped by veggies and fruit alone.

[Guest guest]

I agree with you Rhonda! I am the picture of health ...ate right my entire

life... so thin too and am involved in competive sports...so why so I get a

fibroid at 52 for the fist time in my life? You are what you eat... but I

doubt that fibroids are started or stopped by veggies and fruit alone.

[Guest guest]

I agree with you Rhonda! I am the picture of health ...ate right my entire

life... so thin too and am involved in competive sports...so why so I get a

fibroid at 52 for the fist time in my life? You are what you eat... but I

doubt that fibroids are started or stopped by veggies and fruit alone.

[Guest guest]

The good thing is that they did emphasize that a fibroid diagnosis

does not equal automatic hysterectomy, so hopefully women who read

the article will question their docs about the " necessity " of hyst.

And it's funny how that so few of us had ever heard of something that

affects over 50%of all women until we are diagnosed with fibroids

ourselves. It seems that different diseases become " media darlings "

and you see articles about them everywhere. I remember years ago

everyone seemed to be talking about endometriosis, and in the past

couple of years I have been reading alot about PCOS (polycystic ovary

syndrome), maybe this could be the year of the fibroid.

> There is an article titled " The too common surgery you don't need " ,

> it does discuss fibroids, as well as Heavy Bleeding, and

> Endometriosis.

>

> " Fibroids

>

> Reached age 30? There's a 50/50 chance you've already got one of

> these benign growths in your uterus, according to research at the

> National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. And while

many

> fibroids don't cause symptoms (such as severe pelvic pain), those

> that do are the number-one cause of hysterectomy nationwide. The

> good news: " With today's treatment options, up to 95% of women with

> troublesome fibroids can get relief without hysterectomy " says Dr

> Goldfarb. Doctors can now remove fibroids using lasers, electric

> currents or tiny surgical tools-either through small incisions or

> through a slender scope inserted in the cervix. But solving your

> problem may be even easier than that. A breakthrough study has

> revealed that taking just a 5 mg. daily of the prescription hormone-

> suppressing drug mifepristone shrinks fibroids by 50%, easing

> symptoms in as little as six months. And to prevent fibroids:

Spend

> a little more time in your supermarket produce aisle. Although no

> one's sure yet why, research shows women who eat green vegetables

> every day cit their risk of fibroids in half-and adding a daily

dose

> of fruit slashes the risk an additional 20% "

>

> _Notice no mention of UAE, no mention that mifepristone is not even

> available yet for the treatment of fibroids!! Etc. Etc. Talk about

> over-simplifing, and now giving complete info!! I just though I

> would bring this to everyone's attention. While it does contain

> quotes from Dr , Dr Goldfarb, and Dr West, it doesn't

scratch

> the surface of the complexity of dealing with any of the issues it

> proports to discuss. Just passing it along----------Elise, MN.

[Guest guest]

The good thing is that they did emphasize that a fibroid diagnosis

does not equal automatic hysterectomy, so hopefully women who read

the article will question their docs about the " necessity " of hyst.

And it's funny how that so few of us had ever heard of something that

affects over 50%of all women until we are diagnosed with fibroids

ourselves. It seems that different diseases become " media darlings "

and you see articles about them everywhere. I remember years ago

everyone seemed to be talking about endometriosis, and in the past

couple of years I have been reading alot about PCOS (polycystic ovary

syndrome), maybe this could be the year of the fibroid.

> There is an article titled " The too common surgery you don't need " ,

> it does discuss fibroids, as well as Heavy Bleeding, and

> Endometriosis.

>

> " Fibroids

>

> Reached age 30? There's a 50/50 chance you've already got one of

> these benign growths in your uterus, according to research at the

> National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. And while

many

> fibroids don't cause symptoms (such as severe pelvic pain), those

> that do are the number-one cause of hysterectomy nationwide. The

> good news: " With today's treatment options, up to 95% of women with

> troublesome fibroids can get relief without hysterectomy " says Dr

> Goldfarb. Doctors can now remove fibroids using lasers, electric

> currents or tiny surgical tools-either through small incisions or

> through a slender scope inserted in the cervix. But solving your

> problem may be even easier than that. A breakthrough study has

> revealed that taking just a 5 mg. daily of the prescription hormone-

> suppressing drug mifepristone shrinks fibroids by 50%, easing

> symptoms in as little as six months. And to prevent fibroids:

Spend

> a little more time in your supermarket produce aisle. Although no

> one's sure yet why, research shows women who eat green vegetables

> every day cit their risk of fibroids in half-and adding a daily

dose

> of fruit slashes the risk an additional 20% "

>

> _Notice no mention of UAE, no mention that mifepristone is not even

> available yet for the treatment of fibroids!! Etc. Etc. Talk about

> over-simplifing, and now giving complete info!! I just though I

> would bring this to everyone's attention. While it does contain

> quotes from Dr , Dr Goldfarb, and Dr West, it doesn't

scratch

> the surface of the complexity of dealing with any of the issues it

> proports to discuss. Just passing it along----------Elise, MN.