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" Waitress composer and singer Sara Bareilles shared her experience about uterine fibroid surgery on Instagram last night, posting a few pictures of herself on the mend in the hospital. Luckily, she seemed to be in pretty good spirits, joking about bingeing on Games of Thrones and eating turkey sandwiches while sedated.  &amp;quot;Surgery sucks but helpers and families are amazing, nurses are angels, and doctors are wizards,&amp;quot; she wrote.  Uterine fibroids \u2014 non-cancerous tumors that grow on the uterus wall \u2013 are fairly common. According to The Department of Health and Human Services, 50-80 percent of women may have fibroids during their lives, with 20-50 percent of those women being of child-bearing age. And while they don&amp;#039;t always cause symptoms, they can cause issues ranging from heavy menstrual bleeding and constipation to miscarriage and infertility if left untreated.           So I have been healing from a minor surgery removing a fibroid on my uterus. (For those of you who don&amp;#039;t like over-sharers, you came to the wrong canteen! Two doors down...great daiquiris. &#128077;&#127996;) Well, surgery sucks but helpers and families are amazing, nurses are angels, and doctors are wizards. In the silence and solitude of the simple task of my body seeking it&amp;#039;s healed state, I have become vigilant about what I am intaking. Physically and metaphorically. Be careful about how much negativity and noise you heap on your plate. It comes in abundance, but there are other beautiful things at the buffet. The slow pace of my recovery has simplified my world in a way, and I am reminded to absolutely acknowledge the chaos of a very strange/surreal time in our country and on our beloved planet, but ALSO remember to come back into the room I&amp;#039;m actually sitting in. Celebrate what is good about that too. I will continue to mend and hopefully return with more patience and compassion and knowledge of Game of Thrones. Hope this finds you seeking some joy or handing some out to somebody else. We could all use a slice of that. &#128536; Nothin&amp;#039; but love, y&amp;#039;all. *please note I am eating a turkey sandwich on heavy painkillers in the lower right hand picture. Sassy and sedated! Ya welcome. A photo posted by Sara Bareilles (@sarabareilles) on Jul 20, 2016 at 3:53pm PDT     It seems, from Bareilles&amp;#039; post, that she had one (or possibly more) uterine fibroids surgically removed, but other treatments are also available, including certain medications, inter-uterine devices and minimally or non-invasive procedures.  No matter how minor a surgery, healing from body trauma can be an enlightening and introspective experience \u2013 and Bareilles spoke to that as well, saying, &amp;quot;In the silence and solitude of the simple task of my body seeking it&amp;#039;s healed state, I have become vigilant about what I am intaking. Physically and metaphorically. Be careful about how much negativity and noise you heap on your plate. It comes in abundance, but there are other beautiful things at the buffet.&amp;quot;  That&amp;#039;s sound advice \u2013 especially from someone who may be hopped up on sedatives!            Thank you all for the well wishes! I didn&amp;#039;t intend to worry anyone. I have been home for a week already and I&amp;#039;m in overalls which means I&amp;#039;m pretty healthy. Thanks for the love. You. Are. The best. A photo posted by Sara Bareilles (@sarabareilles) on Jul 21, 2016 at 12:07pm PDT     "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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