Guest guest Posted September 18, 2001 Report Share Posted September 18, 2001 I know this response is late but I just wanted to let Clare know that I had an ab myo on 8/14 with no bleeding and no complications other than a much longer than anticipated recovery! Wow, am I sore! But no bleeding and no hysterectomy...........best of luck to you....... Kelleher Principal L-Tech Associates lkelleher@... office fax Ab Myo and pregnancy > Dear everyone: > > I would like to hear from women who have had an abdominal myomectomy > (with or without Lupron) and afterwards tried to conceive naturally or > via IVF. I am hoping to make the best possible decision about > appropriate treatment to enhance my chances of having a baby. I have had > two opinions - one gyn will use Lupron the other doesn't. I have been > told that ab myos have been known to convert to hysterectomies due to > excessive bleeding - but this is rare. I am extremely anxious about > even the slightest possibility that I could wake up from the op. without > a uterus. This is my rather depressing story. (I'll try to keep it > brief). > > I am 39 and have at least 10 fibroids (2 are 8cm) and they are located > intramurally and subserosally and are all over my uterus. I am > relatively symptom-free: I had light, regularish periods, no pressure > on any organs, no pain, but a slightly puffy tummy. However, I have > been struggling with infertility for 3 years. > > I went to my GP three years ago with my infertility problems. I had a > pelvic exam in 1998 which was supposedly normal. I was sent to a > reproductive specialist who did a hysterosalpingogram Feb. 2000 which > was normal, my blood tests were normal, I was ovulating and my husband's > sperm test was deemed borderline but ok. His assistant felt my abdomen > which was soft at the time and it was determined that I had unexplained > infertility. He recommended IVF. He said we could go on clomid > (fertility drug) but it wouldn't really help much as I was already > ovulating. Nonetheless, I went on clomid while we saved up money for > IVF. We decided this April to go for IVF at another clinic with a > different specialist. He too recommended IVF and did another sperm test > for good measure which was normal once again. I took a course of Synarel > (suppresses estrogen) and Gonal-F (stimulates follicles) and it was just > at the point of measuring follicle development during ultrasound that he > realised he couldn't see my ovaries. He then did a pelvic and said I had > fibroids which was confirmed that afternoon by ultrasound. This is the > first I knew in my entire life that I had fibroids. Both reproductive > specialists neglected to examine me pelvically or via ultrasound to rule > out fibroids - hard as that is to believe. My husband and I were naïve > enough to put 100% trust in the specialists. We assumed that they knew > what they were doing. I wish I knew then what I now know about fibroids. > > I am trying to put the past behind me because every time I talk about it > with a doctor I get angry and I know it's not helping my cause. What if > these fibroids had been spotted earlier? I might have had day surgery > via laparascopy and might have been pregnant. Have the fibroids been > given a growth spurt by the drugs I had been taking ? Who knows, because > noone has any idea when I first had them. After the aborted IVF my > subsequent periods have been anovulatory (starting day 35 and 38 - first > one I bled heavily for two weeks, this time I bled lightly for 4 days). > > I can't begin to express how upset we are - though we are trying to put > the past behind us and face what lies ahead. Any advice, stories of > similar experiences, any information that you think might help me make > peace with the inevitable decision that lies ahead. (I have read the > Lupron Victims Website - but I am leaning towards going for Lupron given > that that last thing I want to have happen is for my surgery to result > in extensive bleeding and I end up having a hysterectomy.) > > Clare > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2001 Report Share Posted September 18, 2001 Hi clare i had an abdominal myo on 9/6 and am 11/2wks post myo. All went well surgery was over an 1hr but all was well. I had 5 fibroids removed. One the size of a cantloupe,one the sze of a grapefruit, and 3 the size of oranges. My gyn did do a bikini cut,which has now healed and i am still sore on the inside. I will go back for a 2wk follow up this thusday. CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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