CHICAGO - Doctors say fibroids affect 60% to 80% of women in the United States .

While some experience little to no side effects, others suffer debilitating lifestyle changes — often in silence.

In a Fox 32 special report , Dawn Hasbrouck looks at how this common condition is now being taken more seriously and how treatment options have changed.

Living with fibroids in silence

What we know:

It’s only been a few months since Dr. Kayla Nixon Marshall put an end to Michelle O'Neal's 30 year battle with fibroids. The 55-year-old Chicago woman is pretty happy with how the surgery went.

"It was times I couldn't cook for myself," O’Neal said. "I couldn't make it to the bathroom. I couldn't walk so I was immobile. I was in the bed and it had got to the point that it got so bad,

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