NYC Meet Up on May 15

[Guest guest]

I was one of 4 women who attend the NYC Meet Up this weekend. As

with the other fibroids-related meetings I've attended, we had no

difficulty talking up a storm. As you sit there listening and

looking around at the others, you can see what a positive effect

having other women who really understand what you're going through

can have for each woman who speaks.

Listening to the difficulty two of the women were having finding

gynecologists within their insurance plans who were willing to

perform myomectomies on women over 45 brought home to me the long

road we still have to travel in getting gynecologists to recognize

the value of an intact uterus for women beyond the childbearing years.

Since I had a UAE 6 years ago, I am not currently experiencing the

frustration and plain exhaustion these women were going through as

they seek out information and competent and willing doctors but as a

volunteer with NUFF, listening to all of them speak of their battles

to get good health care helped revitalize my committment to our fight

for women's health.

I'm really looking forward to the June Meet Up on June 19. We'll be

a much bigger group and that increased number will surely deepen the

pool of available information that each woman can draw from. But no

matter how big or small each Meet Up is, it shows each woman that she

is not alone.

Leonie