Author Archives: Wendy

This Tuesday, Nov. 2 (my husband, Dave’s birthday) will mark my third year anniversary after receiving the treatment of focused ultrasound for a ferocious ginormous awful uterine invader…the dreaded f-i-b-r-o-i-d!! I am grateful! Medical technological advancements (i.e., focused ultrasound) has afforded all of us … Continue reading →

When you speak/write your ‘truth’ in a transparent, vulnerable and raw fashion, you better be prepared for all manner of commented viewpoints…running the gamut from supportive to vehemently opposed! My last week’s blog  illicited an amazing spectrum of responses…frankly, I … Continue reading →

Is it hysteria to scream  from the (proverbial) rooftops, just to let you know that every minute, of every hour, of every day, a women is uterus-ectomized for a benign condition like fibroids…is it really? Is it maniacal to be incensed about the … Continue reading →

Well over a year and a half ago I wrote a blog that (briefly) described what GMO is and it’s frightening endocrine disrupting effects that it has (been shown) to have on our bodies. Re-read this, just so it is … Continue reading →

Ultrasound has been around for twenty years as a marvelously effective diagnostic tool and today it is totally accepted in all areas of  medicine. Increasingly, sonography for therapy (so called high-intensity focused ultrasound ~~ HIFU) is also becoming  recognized as … Continue reading →

Lest I forget, being in survival-mode is good for only one thing…surviving!  But, certainly not living! And so it was for me during those grueling (last) handful of  years in the  decade of treading life’s water with FIBROIDS!  [Sigh]…And so it … Continue reading →

Just when I believed that I could/would NOT write one more blog that pertains to  the endocrine havoc-raising and the perils that the stew of chemicals (that abound in our daily comings-and-goings) have on our bodies…just when I said ‘no more’…I … Continue reading →

When the diagnosis of the dreaded fibroid is handed to you, the immediate and obvious question is, “Now what!?”  The answer, if no symptoms have been experienced, is to proceed with a watch and wait stance…called ‘watchful waiting.’ And, after having … Continue reading →

“You probably have uterine cancer!” Quoting directly from the 7th doctor that I entrusted during those quest-seeking and mission-filled years to rid a boulder-sized fibroid from it’s nestley-nice uterine home…I still shudder from (just thinking about) those 5 words that … Continue reading →