{"id":1832,"date":"2026-03-03T16:28:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/lupita-nyongo-77-uterine-fibroids\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:28:32","slug":"lupita-nyongo-77-uterine-fibroids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/lupita-nyongo-77-uterine-fibroids\/","title":{"rendered":"Lupita Nyong\u2019o Fights Back After \u2018Suffering In Silence\u2019 From 77 Uterine Fibroids"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For Lupita Nyong\u2019o\u2019s<\/a> birthday, her wish is to save other women from \u201csuffering in silence\u201d as she did with 77 uterine fibroids<\/a>. \u201cThis is not a rare story, just a rarely told one,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

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The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<\/em> star celebrated her 43rd birthday by sharing her experience with fibroids. She took to Instagram on March 1 with a heartfelt message about the very common but rarely discussed noncancerous tumors that grow on or in the uterus. The reproductive disorder can cause \u201cconstant pain\u201d in the back and pelvis, miscarriages<\/a>, infertility<\/a> and \u201cdangerous amounts of \u201cblood loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lupita Nyong\u2019o Celebrates Her Birthday With A Painful Revelation: What Her 77 Fibroids Look Like<\/h3>\n

The post included two photos: An MRI of the invasive growths plaguing Nyong\u2019o\u2019s abdomen and a portrait of herself with a large basket of fruit. Doctors frequently use various fruits to help visualize the size of fibroids. Each grape, berry, lime, apple, and orange she is holding represents the 77 fibroids she has lived with. <\/p>\n

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\u201cToday is my birthday, and it\u2019s got me feeling reflective. Not about age, but about a different number: 77. Over the course of my lifetime, I have carried 77 uterine fibroids: 25 surgically removed, and more than 50 still growing inside me today, the largest the size of an orange,\u201d the post began. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not a rare story. It is just a rarely told one. I have endured seasons of constant pain, losing dangerous amounts of blood each month, and suffering in silence. In this image, I\u2019m holding 77 fruits, as a symbol for each fibroid, to make visible the weight that I, and millions of women like me, carry every day,\u201d Nyong\u2019o continued. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Oscar winner shared that \u201cthe response was overwhelming\u201d from other women after she broke her silence last year. This inspired her to launch the Make Fibroids Count<\/a> campaign with the \u00a0Foundation for Women\u2019s Health \u201cto raise funds and awareness for uterine fibroid research.\u201d Nyong\u2019o hopes the efforts will develop more minimally invasive and non-invasive uterine fibroid treatments. <\/p>\n

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\u201cSo, my birthday wish is a world where no woman has to suffer through fibroids untreated, undertreated, or unheard. To get there, we need research. And research needs funding.<\/p>\n

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Every dollar goes toward research that could change or even save a woman\u2019s life. Maybe someone you love. Maybe someone you are\u2026\u00a0\u201d she continued. <\/p>\n

Read how Lupita Nyong\u2019o discovered fibroids the same year as her Oscar win and the increased risks Black women face after the flip.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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