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About Wendy

Wendy is a patient advocate for Fibroid Relief. She had fibroids and was treated with Focused Ultrasound.

As If You Needed (Yet) Another Reason!!

I saw it with my own eyes…my own eyes I tell ya!!! I saw a nurse throw out a perfectly good (in use)  I.V. glucose/saline bag (only HALF ‘used up’) and replace it with the exact same product…but …it was … Continue reading

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Focused Ultrasound, ‘Sounds-Off’ Again!!

Two months ago InSightec made a wonderful announcement that their ExAblate(R) system received another certification to expand  focused ultrasound into (yet) a new arena of successful ablation…adenomyosis*! Adenomyosis is a benign condition in which the endometrial tissue, which normally lines … Continue reading

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This Is No ‘Badge’ Of Courage!

By now I am sure that all of you are aware of which (triangled) numbers (found on the bottom of  plastic containers)  should be avoided when choosing consumable products, and which ones are (semi) safe! But, just so that we … Continue reading

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You Definitely Can…Help Yourself

Everything effects everything. Everything effects everything…hmmmm…interesting! The premise of this blog today, will be just that, that ‘Everything effects everything’…a very very empowering and conscious-enlivening notion! FACTS:  1. No one, not anybody, not any person knows why a fibroid seeds … Continue reading

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News Alert! News Alert!

Another step has been taken towards the ongoing (reachable) goal of providing Focused Ultrasound as the FIRST  choice offered to women in the treatment of fibroids! Focused Ultrasound is ‘on the map’…in INDIA! A new facility opened at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai. Col Manesh … Continue reading

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Who’s Fooling Who!

Two weeks ago my ‘Google Alert’  presented me with an article from “The Times Of India.” I was informed that the 26th annual meeting  of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, held in Rome,  had disclosed an exciting … Continue reading

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Here We/I Go Again!

“It was a dark and stormy night…” Alright, it wasn’t!  Hmmmm, wait, let’s see… “It was an Africa-hot and raindrop-sized sweat-ball-inducing humid Wednesday!” Well, whatever…the point is, I am under-the-gun (again) and am feeling quite challenged with ‘what to write’ … Continue reading

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Hopelessly And Happily…Addicted!!

Hi, my name is Wendy, and…I am an addict! For 38 years 4 months and 6 days, I have been  habitually involved as a very willing participant in a ‘formalized’ addiction!! To set the record straight (so-to-speak), the truth-of-the-matter is, that…[gulp]…I am … Continue reading

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Seize The Day

The horrendous life-deforming and life-altering oil geyser, that keeps on spewing  it’s raw poison in the gulf,  has me continually in a Shakespeare-styled ‘head’…I am finding  parallels, parables and metaphors at every turn with ‘this’ life-defining event! As for fibroids, bear with … Continue reading

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The Waiting Game…Is Not Fun!

Shocking… right?? The pictures were taken  before and after focused ultrasound treated my ferocious fibroid! Shocking…right?? As I posted these photos to the blog ( ALL on my own♥) I am simultaneously rushed and flooded with feelings of both anxiety and gratefullness!!  Just … Continue reading

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