KimNP Fibroids can present no symptoms but can cause painful periods, heavy periods, longer menstrual cycles, sometimes back aches, infertility and sometimes a big tummy. Sometimes, depends on how big they are and how strong your abdominal muscles are. My pants are uncomfortable because of this. KimNP Fibroids can be managed by several types of medications and will usually shrink after menopause but there are no good naturopathic medicines that I am aware of. Even ayurvedic doctors in India usually do surgery.
Surgical time depends on how many are there, usually several hours between surgery and recovery.
Recuperation can last as long as 4-6 weeks. Most medications involve hormonal manipulation of some sort. Oral contraceptives used cyclically or continuously can be helpful as can Lupron, another medication which is used to shrink fibroids. Hi nurse Kim, I had a supracervical abdominal hysterectomy for the removal of a five pound fibroid. They are just one-day very light periods that I can definitely handle.