Ghanaian
actress,
Lydia
Forson,
has
publicly
shared
how
she
painfully
lived
with
fibroid
for
10
years.
According
to
Lydia
Foson,
decided
to
openly
share
her
story
as
part
of
July’s
Fibroid
Awareness
Month
to
support
and
educate
women
facing
similar
battles.
In
a
lengthy
tweet;
Lydia
Forson
shared
that;
“To
the
women
who’ve
had
to
live
in
constant
pain,
undergo
multiple
surgeries,
answer
questions
about
children,
endure
speculation
about
pregnancy
due
to
their
appearance,
or
fear
that
they
never
will
be
pregnant;
you’re
not
alone.
I
lived
in
pain
for
10
years
before
I
got
help,”
“So
many
women
have
stories
they
can’t
share
because
of
how
painful
it
is;
but
I’m
happy
for
the
brave
ones
who
do.
You
give
courage
to
many
women
and
educate
even
more.
For
some
of
us,
we
were
completely
ignorant
until
our
diagnosis,”
–
she
noted.
Describing
her
decade-long
struggle,
Forson
recounted
the
severe
pain
she
endured,
often
so
debilitating
that
she
was
unable
to
move.
Her
turning
point
came
when
an
emergency
hospital
visit
led
to
the
discovery
of
fibroids.
For
years,
I
was
in
severe
pain,
sometimes
so
paralyzing
I
couldn’t
move.
It
wasn’t
until
I
ended
up
in
emergency
and
blanked
out
that
I
knew
something
was
wrong.
And
when
doctors
ran
the
tests,
they
discovered
I
had
fibroids,”
she
recalled.
“The
worst
part
of
this
journey
was
not
the
surgery.
Thankfully,
I
had
great
doctors
who
took
fantastic
care
of
me.
It
was
the
fear
of
the
unknown;
the
first
doctor
almost
gave
me
no
hope
at
all,
suggesting
even
that
I
go
out
and
find
anyone
to
have
a
baby
with,”
July
is
Fibroid
Awareness
MonthTo
the
women
who’ve
had
to
live
in
constant
pain,
multiple
surgeries,
questions
about
children,
if
you’re
pregnant
because
of
how
you
look,
or
the
fear
that
you
never
will
;
you’re
not
alone.I
lived
in
pain
for
10
years
before
I
got
help.
—
miss
forson
(@lydiaforson)
July
18,
2024