Overview
- Nyong’o, in a Monday ABC News Live Prime interview with Linsey Davis, said she felt shame and hid her pain while working.
- She described heavy bleeding, severe clotting, a period that lasted more than 30 days, and fatigue from pre-anemia.
- The actress said she now has more than 50 fibroids, with outlets differing on past removal totals, and she is not ready to risk another invasive surgery because of fertility concerns.
- She is campaigning through Make Fibroids Count with the Foundation for Women’s Health to fund research into minimally and non-invasive treatments and to raise awareness.
- USA TODAY notes fibroids are common noncancerous tumors and often more severe in Black women, and Nyong’o said the condition complicates her hopes for motherhood because surgery offers no guarantee of improved chances.