Guest guest Posted October 28, 2001 Report Share Posted October 28, 2001 HI, internet is new to me, so I hope I do this correctly.I am 38 years old, two children 7 and 9, and had my tubes tied about 3 years ago. About 1 year ago I started having heavy/clotty periods and break through bleeding. I hd an ultrasound with " normal " results. My gyn then suggested birth control pills for 3 mos. to see what would happen before rushing to a d & c. During the 3 mos I had no breakthrough but continued very heavy clotting periods. I stopped the pill last month, got my period on Oct. 3, and had breakthrough bleeding since. Last monday (oct 22) I noticed I had a strange watery discharge. After several days I called my gyn, Thurs. night. He said see him fri. am. However, I woke up Thurs 4:30 am to go to the bathroom, I had a (watery) soaked pad. Remembering a story from a friend who had left a tampon in, I thought maybe I had done something as stupid. I " scoped " my insides with my finger, and then began GUSHING bleeding. After screaming hysterically, My husband took me to the E.R., as suggested by my gyn. I had no pain, but my insides did not feel right. The er dr. gave me an internal (my blood work was normal) and said to me " honestly, I do not know what I am looking at, It looks like your uterus is prolapsing. He called my gyn, who then suggested I go to his office at 8:30, do not eat or drink. My bleeding had stopped, by the time I got to ER. My dr. then gave me an internal, and told me I was a very lucky woman. My fibroid (which had still not been diagnosed)was delivering itself like a baby. He said I was about and hour away from a hysterectomy. He explained how most fibroids grow withing the uterine wall, but mine had grown inside the uterus itself. He then removed the fibroid, we all agreed was about the size of an apricot, corterized the area and said I would be fine, nothing internal for atleast 2 wks, at my next visit. He said this should solve my problems and explain my bleeding. Yahoo, I feel very relieved and better mental and physically than I have in months. I am only just now reading the " fibroid " sights and becoming educated on the subject. I have not found any other " stories " like mine. I have a few unanswered questions. Is my situation that unique? Am I now to assume I am prone to fibroids and may have more? I guess only time will tell, if this epsiode will solve my problem. I will follow up with my gyn on the 13th.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2001 Report Share Posted October 28, 2001 How scary for you! I have never read about anything happening like this! I bet you are glad that this is behind you. Hopefully you won't have further problems with fibroids. I don't think there's really a way to predict if you will have future problems or not. Some say that if you have several years until menopause and already have fibroids, that your chance of reoccurrence is greater. Maybe since you only had one (so far), you'll be lucky and won't get any more. It's really a guessing game. Just make sure that your GYN monitors you very closely so he can catch them early on. Best of luck! > HI, internet is new to me, so I hope I do this correctly.I am 38 > years old, two children 7 and 9, and had my tubes tied about 3 years > ago. About 1 year ago I started having heavy/clotty periods and > break through bleeding. I hd an ultrasound with " normal " results. My > gyn then suggested birth control pills for 3 mos. to see what would > happen before rushing to a d & c. During the 3 mos I had no > breakthrough but continued very heavy clotting periods. I stopped > the pill last month, got my period on Oct. 3, and had breakthrough > bleeding since. Last monday (oct 22) I noticed I had a strange > watery discharge. After several days I called my gyn, Thurs. night. > He said see him fri. am. However, I woke up Thurs 4:30 am to go to > the bathroom, I had a (watery) soaked pad. Remembering a story from a > friend who had left a tampon in, I thought maybe I had done something > as stupid. I " scoped " my insides with my finger, and then began > GUSHING bleeding. After screaming hysterically, My husband took me > to the E.R., as suggested by my gyn. I had no pain, but my insides > did not feel right. The er dr. gave me an internal (my blood work > was normal) and said to me " honestly, I do not know what I am looking > at, It looks like your uterus is prolapsing. He called my gyn, who > then suggested I go to his office at 8:30, do not eat or drink. My > bleeding had stopped, by the time I got to ER. My dr. then gave me > an internal, and told me I was a very lucky woman. My fibroid (which > had still not been diagnosed)was delivering itself like a baby. He > said I was about and hour away from a hysterectomy. He explained how > most fibroids grow withing the uterine wall, but mine had grown > inside the uterus itself. He then removed the fibroid, we all agreed > was about the size of an apricot, corterized the area and said I > would be fine, nothing internal for atleast 2 wks, at my next visit. > He said this should solve my problems and explain my bleeding. > Yahoo, I feel very relieved and better mental and physically than I > have in months. I am only just now reading the " fibroid " sights and > becoming educated on the subject. I have not found any > other " stories " like mine. I have a few unanswered questions. Is my > situation that unique? Am I now to assume I am prone to fibroids and > may have more? I guess only time will tell, if this epsiode will > solve my problem. I will follow up with my gyn on the 13th.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2001 Report Share Posted October 28, 2001 > My fibroid (which > had still not been diagnosed)was delivering itself like a baby. Mak, sounds like you are very blessed and have a wonderful doctor. I can't say I've ever heard a story like yours. Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2001 Report Share Posted October 29, 2001 --- Alison and wrote: > > My fibroid (which > > had still not been diagnosed)was delivering itself > like a baby. > > Mak, sounds like you are very blessed and have a > wonderful doctor. I can't > say I've ever heard a story like yours. > > Alison > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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