Two things changed Lupita Nyong’o’s life in 2014. She won an Academy Award and she was diagnosed with uterine fibroids.
“What should have been a milestone of joy was overshadowed by confusion, pain and fear,” the actress said at a bipartisan roundtable at the Capitol on Tuesday. “I was told I had nearly 30 fibroids and that my only options were to live with debilitating pain and discomfort or undergo invasive surgery.”
She was told there was little she could do to prevent them from growing back.
