I can well remember my tearful frustration.
Here I was, in my thirties with a young family but suffering from symptoms which, quite frankly, I felt was more indicative of someone with a much more serious, if not life-threatening condition.
I can recall my doctor sitting there and telling me that fibroids were "not serious" but that the size of mine were such that he recommended a hysterectomy.
All sorts of things went through my mind.
What if I wanted another baby (a real possibility!).
What if I went through the menopause? What if I had problems during or after surgery? Would I still feel feminine? I asked him if there was any way of shrinking fibroids naturally but he sort of looked at me and said there were some books which made recommendations, but he'd never really come across anyone who'd tried.
I really felt that I was being "fobbed off" and I went away determined to find out everything I could about shrinking fibroids naturally.
It is pretty much impossible to determine exactly what has caused fibroids in an individual women.
Sure, there are some common factors, such as estrogen excess, being overweight, eating a poor diet and having a build up of toxins in the liver.
However, not all overweight women will have fibroids and nor will those with excess estrogen.
What this means is that to be successful, any treatment must be multifaceted and eliminate each and every possible cause of fibroids.
This is absolutely vital as if you do not treat the root cause, the fibroids will never go away.
One method of shrinking fibroids naturally which will form part of any reputable natural treatment is liver detoxing.
Very often, estrogen mimicking substances will become "locked" in the liver and trigger fibroid growth.
The only way to get rid of them is to carry out a thorough detox.
This may involve using herbal remedies as well as using dietary measures.
The lack of real help for women who have fibroids led a specialist in alternative fibroid treatment to develop a complete 7 step plan which could be used by women at home.
Whilst running her clinic, she realized that the demand for appointments far outweighed the time she had available and yet many women were left with intolerable symptoms.
The system she developed does require you to take charge of your own treatment and is unsuitable for women who are not prepared to play a very active role, by making various lifestyle and dietary changes.
My absolute frustration meant that I was prepared to do almost anything to get some relief.
Shrinking fibroids naturally was not as hard as I thought as once I'd got going, I actually felt really healthy as many of the recommended treatments are beneficial for overall good health.