6 days post myo--to Rosemary and all

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Hi Rosemary,

Yep, Dr. S in Bridgeport did my surgery. It went really well. He

said, " I took out a fibroid as big as my head! " Turns out I had two

little ones and 1 giant one. He's great. I keep hearing more good

things about him, and he is a very nice man. He says I should be able

to have natural childbirth because of these advanced techniques he

uses to reconstruct the uterus. That's amazing to me.

I didn't need a blood transfusion. He actually prefers to not give

one if at all possible, and build up the blood afterwards. I did lose

a lot of blood but my blood was really good beforehand. I've been

taking a natural iron supplement and also I started eating meat

before the surgery, although I'm a vegetarian. I think all of this

helped.

My stay in the hospital was very short, I went home the morning of

the third day. Dr. S gave orders to get me out of bed and off IV,

morphine pump, and catheter the morning after my surgery. That was

the hardest thing I've ever done but what I difference! I was taking

walks down the hall by the afternoon, and ate a " real " dinner that

night (not that hospital food is real...)

I also was very active and took vitamin supplements in the months

before the surgery, and I think that has really helped me too. Now I

am very exhausted and weak which is so annoying! And I continue to

run a low fever, which Dr. S says is common after myos. And it

doesn't help that it is so hot right now in CT!!! My appetite seems

to be back, and I only need motrin for the pain. I still can only

walk about 15 minutes at a time, though! How annoying!

The worst thing by far about surgery is recovering from anesthesia. I

still get scared thinking about it. There was never any pain, and in

fact they gave me my own morphin pump as soon as I was awake enough

to communicate. But it just is so weird to be trying to wake up and

not able to. My throat was so dry and sore! I really had to pee even

though I had a catheter! Of course, it was scarey before I went into

the OR, too, but the anesthesiologist smiled and gave me a happy drug

and then everything got much better.

Anyway. That's enough blabbing for now. So far I'm glad I have done

the myo but I also realize it is a very big trauma to my body. I

could not have anticipated how weak I'd be. It's definately a

decision that should not be made lightly or quickly.

best,

Lara

> Hi Lara,

>

> If I'm not mistaken, I beleive you are with Dr. S in Bridgeport,

CT. If so, I'd really be interested in how your surgery went. I am

about to schedule myself for an abdominal myomectomy with him.

>