I am 34 and am in good health. I recently started having very heavy periods. My doctor changed my birth control pill. Generally, your doctor should do a work-up if the bleeding persists. Changing pills might improve the bleeding.
Fibroids can interfere with fertility.
Depending on the location and the number and size of the fibroids, that can increase the patients risk during pregnancy. Either for miscarriage or complications during delivery. It also preserves the uterus. With myomectomies, some are converted to hysterectomies, usually because of bleeding during the procedure myoectomy can have a delayed failure rate with re-growth of the fibroid. My friend is in the recovery period you talk about.