Remember when you didn’t have to plan your life around your period? Meet Filbert, the uterine fibroid who specializes in dismantling your daily routine. While you’re trying to live your life, Filbert is busy delivering heavy cycles, pelvic pressure, and the kind of cramping that forces you to cancel every plan you made.
Filbert doesn’t just show up; it settles in. It turns “living your best life” into “managing your nearest bathroom.” With Filbert around, anemia and exhaustion become constant companions, and a full night’s sleep is a thing of the past. Up to 80% of women will host an uninvited guest like Filbert eventually—but that doesn’t mean you have to let it stay.
The Ultimate Professional Squatter Disrupting Your Life
Filbert is more than a diagnosis of uterine fibroids; it is a daily disruption. Think of it as the personification of a hidden epidemic—the health hijacker in the uterus that drains your vitality while pressing on your vital organs.
Though fibroids are common (affecting 80% of Black women and 70% of White women by age 50), their presence is far from
Fibroids aren’t rare, they aren’t harmless, and they certainly aren’t something women should just be expected to live with. Yet Filbert is the reason behind a “New Normal” that many women are forced to endure symptoms like:
- Chronic Anemia and Iron Deficiency: Over 50% of symptomatic women battle iron deficiency because Filbert is a glutton for your blood supply.
- Urinary Frequency and Bladder Compression: Up to 60% of women with large fibroids report significant urinary symptoms, including urgency and nocturia (waking up multiple times a night to use the bathroom).
- Abdominal Distension (Fibroid Belly): About 40% to 50% of women with large subserosal or intramural fibroids experience visible abdominal protrusion, mimicking a multi-month pregnancy.
Why Are We Still Settling for Surgery?
Despite the physical toll Filbert takes, the medical conversation hasn’t kept pace. Data from a study of over 271,000 women reveals a shocking disparity in the treatment paths patients are offered:
- Hysterectomy (Major Surgery): 4%
- Myomectomy (Major Surgery): 1%
- Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE): Only 3.5%
This data shows that for every woman offered a procedure like UFE, dozens more are left to “just live with it.” If you have been told your only options are major surgery or simply waiting for menopause, you aren’t alone—but you are likely part of that 91% who hasn’t been given the full picture of modern reproductive care.
“In 2026, it is unacceptable that the vast majority of women are still steered toward major surgery when UFE offers a non-surgical ‘eviction’,” says Dr. Yan Katsnelson, Founder and CEO of USA Fibroid Centers. “Filbert survives because women aren’t told they can reclaim their lives without losing their uterus.”
Serving the Eviction Notice Without Major Surgery (No Scalpel Required)
Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE) is the modern way to take back your space. This minimally invasive, outpatient procedure is performed by interventional radiologists. Using a tiny catheter thinner than a strand of spaghetti, physicians block the blood supply to the fibroids, causing them to shrink and be naturally absorbed by the body.
Unlike surgery, UFE treats all fibroids at once, targeting the source rather than individual growths. The best part?
- No incisions. * No organ removal. * No grueling recovery. UFE treats all of Filbert’s “classmates” at once, addressing every growth without the trauma of a hospital stay.
Filbert’s Growth Chart
It is often hard to visualize uterine fibroid size as it changes over time, so we’ve tracked the journey from an invisible seed to an impossible-to-ignore presence.
- The “Newborn” Phase: I started smaller than 1 cm when hormones and blood supply found a smooth muscle cell in the uterus. I was invisible.
- My Awkward Growth Spurt: Every cycle gave me “fuel.” Estrogen and progesterone helped me bulk up to about 1–3 cm. Still too small to make a scene, but I was learning how to stick around.
- Graduation Day: By now, I wasn’t A few classmates showed up, and we hit the 3–4 cm territory together. This is when you started noticing “the heavy days.”
- Me Today: Now I’m roughly 4–7 cm and taking whatever space I want. I feed off your blood flow, stretch the uterus, and make periods a full-time job. I’m bigger, bolder, and officially impossible to ignore.
The launch of Filbert marks a broader mission: USA Fibroid Centers is dragging this problem into the spotlight to stop the normalization of suffering, challenge outdated care models, and demand transparency in women’s health.
Is Filbert affecting your life? Take the first step toward eviction. Schedule a consultation with our specialists today and see if UFE is your path to freedom.
Sources:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) – “Uterine Fibroids: Statistics and Disparities.”
- Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology (JMIG) – “Current Trends in the Management of Uterine Fibroids: A Cross-sectional Study of 271,000 Women.”
- Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) / PMC – “Symptomatic Prevalence of Uterine Leiomyomas and Impact on Quality of Life.”
