Imagine walking around with debilitating pain, fatigue, abdominal pressure, extreme cycles, and there seems to be no solution.

"You're struggling to breathe, shortness of breath. You can't work. You can't interact with your family. What kind of life is that?" said Dr. Gabrielle Whitmore, a minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon and assistant professor at CU Anschutz in Aurora.

That's what it can feel like to have uterine fibroids.

"Every single day, you're just being drained and consumed by this fibroid," Whitmore explained.

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Fibroids are tumors that grow in the uterus. Although they're typically non-cancerous, they can cause serious issues. The startling truth is doctors have no idea what causes them.

"We don't know why they grow," Whitmore said. "We don'

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