Don't dare let him continue abusing you by letting those LIES stick to your sweet head. I have fibroids and have lived with them for years. It does cause my cycles to be more painful than before but I just up my vicodin and eat some pamprin and function relatively normally. I would recommend you pursue having them removed if you are interested in having children (more? Im sorry I cant remember if you are a mom) b/c the worst problem they caused me was when my hubby and I were trying to get preg, the first time I actually did, the baby tried to implant on a fibroid rather than the uterine wall so of course I miscarried. But the dr said the chances of that happening again were very small and we were able to concieve and have a precious 3 yo