Guest guest Posted July 10, 2001 Report Share Posted July 10, 2001 Greetings ladies and gents, I had a myomectomy last week - submucosal fibroid of 10 cm X 6 cm removed. It weighed 117 grams (a typical uterus only weighing approx. 70 grams). The fibroid was diagnosed this early April - went on Lupron immediately for three months. Was only taking iron, not calcium at the time, as my iron count was 8.8 (normal is 11.6). My periods before April sometimes lasted three weeks. Basically, I was bleeding too death. In last year's gyn exam, I was fit as a fiddle. Go figure. But Lupron experience was great - no periods, no more PMS! I am only 33 and my man and I want children. But the HSG before the surgery revealed that both fallopian tubes were blocked - and doc says fibroid was cause (great doc! and I agree because I was pregnant 10 years ago). After surgery, Doc said that chances are very good that tubes will become unblocked because pressure from fibroid is gone (and fibroid wasn't even directly touching tubes inside!). I have a lot of hope that all will work out well because for one thing, my best friend had a myomectomy last year - 22 fibroids of various sizes removed that had a mass of a cantaloupe squished together. Four months after her surgery, she got pregnant with her first son. She had been pregnant before - miscarried, in fact. So you can imagine her fears. But all is well and her little boy will be delivered by C-Section next month. She is 37 years old. Anymore messages of hope out there? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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