She bleeds too much every month. Her stomach cramps like fire. She smiles in the public But at night she cries in silence. Because all she wants is only one thing: to be called Ma'am .
I know a woman like this for years she moved from one prayer mountain to prayer mountain.from one health centre to another. From one hospital to the next. Searching for a answers. Searching for solution to her problem so that she could have her own children.
With money she borrowed,she did a scan.
And the truth came out: fibriod. That was why she was bleeding heavily.that was why her womb would would not carry a baby. For the first time, she had a name for her pain.
But a name was not enough. And it didn't stop there.in our society, when a woman cannot conceive, people blame her first.is it her fault? " Some people whispers.some husband's abandon their wives and marry another woman.as if infertility is a crime only a woman commit.she was left to carry both the pain in her body and shame in her heart. But here is the truth we refuse to say loud enough:
Fibriods is not a curse.they are a medical condition, some fibriods can be managed with medicine to shrink them. Some need surgery.And yes, some women still conceive and have healthy babies with fibriods. There is hope. The real problem is access.our government hospitals and health centers should be places of healing for the poor.but when treatment cost more than a woman's yearly income,she is forced to die with her problem." That is not health care .that is abandonment. This pitable condition therefore necessitates a clarion call to all and summary as well as silence to stop the stigma.
Stop the blame.
Talk about fibriods openly.
Support your wives, support your sisters, support your friends, and for government it is important to make fibriods treatment affordable. It is important to include fibriods treatment in the national health insurance scheme, and to equip public health centers.
To every woman reading this: you are not caused. You are not alone, you are not a failure, you deserve care, you deserve dignity.
You deserve hope.
End fibriod stigma.
Women's health maters.
Health care for All.
Break the silence.
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