First and foremost, I miss you all.

On November 10th, 2025, I was scheduled with an OBGYN who finally gave me a proper diagnosis and confirmed that I’ve been living with Uterine Fibroids. Confirming that doctors & specialists have been dismissing my symptoms and clear family history for years.

Uterine Fibroids are noncancerous growths of the uterus that are extremely common for Black women. Unfortunately, my pelvic sonogram showed a markedly enlarged uterus with 5 medium-sized fibroids and other smaller fibroids. (doctor informed me there’s 30+.) To give you an example of the sizes of my fibroids, they all vary between as small as a strawberry and as large as a grapefruit or small watermelon.

From scheduling my own appointments, being put on hold, and repeating all my information to different doctors, to being told in the end “there’s nothing wrong with you,” has drained me. Receiving countless new information on top of discovering after lab work that I had abnormal blood results, which led to more various testing to ensure I’m not prone to blood clots, has led me to isolation from my life, my work, creative outlets, and community. It’s been an extremely painful past few weeks mentally, emotionally, and physically as I prepare for a semi-serious surgery. I need to accept that I do need help and this is something I can’t handle and heal alone.

I’ve been informed I’ll be having either a Myomectomy procedure, Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE), or a Hysterectomy. All are procedures that make me unable to take care of myself for anywhere between one to four months. Healing time will also depend on how my body decides to heal since this will be my first time experiencing a major surgery. The idea of knowing I won’t be able to take care of myself physically and financially is stress that’s been causing inflammation on my fibroids even more. As I approach my surgery date, I need to take action and communicate to my family, friends, and loved ones that I’m genuinely not in a good place mentally, emotionally, and financially.

I’m in need of financial assistance due to the fact I physically cannot work during this time and provide for myself. I’m in need of family and friends who are able and ready to commit and show up for me in person as I will not be able to walk on my own or use stairs while recovering. I wish asking for help wasn’t this difficult for me. I wouldn’t be expressing this if I felt strong enough and capable of doing everything on my own, but I’m really not okay. The money I’m asking for will go towards my bills for both housing and hospital fees to keep me housed and secure while I heal, commuting home from the hospital safely, and picking up my needed prescriptions. Items needed for pre-surgery and postoperative care. And lastly, enough for me to comfortably allow myself to recover, rest, and heal without the stress of knowing I’m currently unable to provide for myself.

My doctors communicated that these fibroids have been living in me for roughly 9-10 years, and that one of my fibroids is the size of a 7-month-old child. So for that long, doctors throughout the years continued to ignore my symptoms and family history to the point where I managed to normalize and cope with the pain and symptoms I’ve felt. Knowing I’m about to feel like an entirely different person once they’re all removed has been very overwhelming. Please be patient with me. Thank you for reading and sharing. I genuinely appreciate all of your support, xo.

- Nymph The Enchantress