This is the second time I’ve had this happen… last time was after an ultrasound to check for uterine fibroids (about 2 years ago), this time after my annual exam at the gynecologist (with quite a bit of abdominal probing and pushing around I might add). It’s very weird – "discharge" isn’t even a good word for it. It’s seriously like sand – little dry granules. Not totally dry, maybe like wet sad with all the water drained out (if that makes sense!). Most of the granules are sandy or flesh colored, others are dark brown/red, like the color of old/ dried blood. Same size as a grain of sand. And that’s it, no other fluid or anything with it, no odor, just the "sand." It’s not a lot at once, but a bit here on there on a liner or on tissue after using the restroom. I asked doctor and all she said was "sometimes that just happens." Anybody else ever had anything like this or know more details of what it is or what causes it??
according to gyno it’s nothing to be concerned about (and she’s one of the best in my city so i’m not worried about her giving inaccurate or dishonest info). i’ve search google and can’t find anything so was just wondering if anyone else has ever had similar experience.

I’m 27 and have suffered with psycho periods all my life. They haven’t been too bad in recent years, but lately it’s all changed. Have had a period for 2 months – doc put me back on the Pill and it got worse. Passed so many huge clots feel so low. Doc doesn’t think it’s fibroids – just hormones. Had a scan in Jan this year which showed nothing. I have put a stone on this year through a new job (very desk-based) so don’t know if that has caused it. What foods have people found really reduced symptoms, and what foods make it worse? Doc has prescribed me some drugs to stop bleeding – it says don’t use them if you have fibroids – terrified I might have them as not had a second scan. Feel so low and fed up! Just want to be normal!

I am 53 years old and I have a large "atypical fibroid" in my uterus. The MRI’s show that it is growing and has "suspicious areas". My gynecologist wants it removed, so she sent me to a Gynecological Oncologist for the surgery because of its size. I can no longer control my bladder, have severe bleeding and clotting during my period, and chunks of stretchy, sticky tissue coming out of my vagina. The oncologist says I am at too high of a risk for an abdominal hysterctomy because I had a heart attack 2 years ago (my cardiologist has cleared me for the surgery), and because of the drugs I take for my rheumatoid arthritis. He doesn’t believed that this tumor is causing my urinary issues, etc. and that there are chunks coming out of me.

I have been in the ER a few times because of the bleeding and other issues, and every time the doctors and nurses tell me it needs to come out. I am tired of living this way, but this doctor is one of the best in his field. I am afraid it might already be cancerous or may become that way, as are all the other healthcare professionals I have talked to. Any advice about this would be greatly appreciated.

I just found out that I am about 5 weeks pregnant. I was told that I have a fibroid on my uterous that is over 10cm big and growing. I also have ovarian cysts and a misshapen uterous. I am in so much pain. I’m terrified that I’m going to lose that baby, this may be my husband and my only chance at having a child.
Has anyone else gone through this? Does anyone know the odds of miscarrying due to a fibroid? And, does anyone know how to manage the pain? I’m on pain killers but they don’t help at all.
yes, the pain killers are perscribed by the specialist I saw.

How much are we spending on healthcare to treat diet-caused illnesses?

From the book Eat To Live by Joel Furhmen, MD:

.."People are completely unaware that most illnesses are self-induced and can be reversed with aggressive nutritional methods. …The medical-pharmaceutical business has encouraged people to believe that health problems are hereditary and that we need to swallow poisons to defeat our genes. This is almost always untrue.

"…My clinical experience over the past ten years has shown me that almost all the major illnesses that plaque Americans are reversible with aggressive nutritional changes designed to undo the damage caused by years of eating a disease-causing diet. ….These conditions…can be effectively prevented or treated through superior nutrition. As their medical problems gradually melt away, patients can be slowly weaned off the medications they have been prescribed."

"Dietary-Caused Illnesses with High Prevalence":

–acne
–appendicitis
–atherosclerosis
–diabetes (adult)
–fibromyalgia
–gout
–high blood pressure
–irritable bowel syndrome
–macular degeneration
–sexual dysfunction
–allergies
–asthma
–constipation
–diverticulosis
–gallstones
–headaches
–hypoglemic symptoms
–kidney stones
–musculoskelatal pain
–stroke
–angina
–arthritis
–colonic polyps
–esophagitis
–gastritis
–indigestion
–lumbar spine syndromes
–osteoperosis
–uterine fibroids

"Not only are common disorders such as asthma associated with increased body weight and our disease-causing diet, but in my experience these diseases are also curable with superior nutrition in the majority of cases. Asthma is an exampleof a disease considered irreversable that I watch resolve regularly. My patients routinely make complete and *predictable* recovery from these illnesses, predominantly through aggressive dietary changes. …Diseases that are considered irreversible I see reversed on a daily basis."

I’ve had them all my life and was wondering if most people have them. Here’s an example. For years, I would have the same recurring dream that I was in the hospital (I have always been pretty healthy and have never been in the hospital since I was a kid). With each dream, I’d be in the same hospital and a little more would be revealed. Eventually I realized I was there to have a surgery of some sort. Then after few more dreams, I realized I was there to have surgery on my uterus (I assumed a hysterectomy). Anyway, this year I was diagnosed with Uterine Fibroids and had to undergo abdominal surgery on my uterus and was in the hospital for 3 days and it went exactly as it did in my dreams. I had never had any problems with this sort of thing before. As I said, I’ve always been pretty healthy. I rarely even take sick days. I had been having those dreams for years, and it only just now came true. It’s not just this, I dream things like this periodically that eventually come true. For me, it often takes months or years before the dreams come true but I still remember the dreams after it happens in real life because they are so realistic.

I was recently diagnosed with one large fibroid tumor coming up out of my uterus. I am trying to find a board certified surgeon that specializes in myomectomies. I wish to preserve my fertility so that I can have children one day.