Elana: Mother of all Fibroids on this list?

[Guest guest]

Elana, and any other LOL with large fibroids:

You may be somewhat comforted to know that none of you appear to be the list

record-breaker as far as the actual largeness of your myoma.

And ladies, I actually don't think I'm the record-breaker for number.

Last year, I remembered Greenspan from California had a myomectomy on

June 4. Check message 21765.

Her fibroid, according to her post was a whopping 35 cm x 12cm.

I think she compared it to a the size of a Thanksgiving turkey,.....At the

time, I compared it to the size of the Manhatten White Pages Telephone

Directory....which is no exaggeration

My own fibroids, according to the pathology report ranged in size from just

under a cm. to 8.5 cms. Only 13 fibroids of the 46 fibroids were sent to

pathology. I'm assuming the smallest and the largest were part of the

sampling.

The weight of the 13 fibroids sampled totaled just 400 grams (.40 kilos) or

approx. 14 ounces.

Yep, those 13 fibroids weighed in at less than a pound!!

Could have fooled me. I thought I had solid lead in there!

By the way, Elana what is a " Doc in the Box " facility?

And what happened with your MRI--do you know anything more about your

post-colonoscopy pain?

-Roma

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> Last doctor I saw in a " doc in the box " facility estimated it was 25 cm

> (just

> from feeling my abdomen), termed it " humongous " and the " largest he'd ever

> seen " and said " he'd be surprised if I didn't lose my uterus " .

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> If I wasn't a member of this group, I might have found that statement very

> scary. But having all of your support and info under my ever-expanding

> belt,

> I just smiled and made an appointment for the above MRI.

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> I

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[Guest guest]

The largest recorded fibroid weighed 140 lbs.

[Guest guest]

The largest recorded fibroid weighed 140 lbs.

[Guest guest]

WHO? WHERE? WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

--- kukalaka wrote:

> The largest recorded fibroid weighed 140 lbs.

[Guest guest]

Kukalaka,

Is this a typo? How much did the woman who " carried " it weigh in

total?

Lobna

--- kukalaka wrote:

> The largest recorded fibroid weighed 140 lbs.

>

[Guest guest]

Kukalaka,

Is this a typo? How much did the woman who " carried " it weigh in

total?

Lobna

--- kukalaka wrote:

> The largest recorded fibroid weighed 140 lbs.

>

[Guest guest]

the question then becomes rather zen like....what came first....the woman or the

fibroid. gg

Lydia Lerner wrote:

> WHO? WHERE? WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>

> --- kukalaka wrote:

> > The largest recorded fibroid weighed 140 lbs.

>

>

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[Guest guest]

This was NO typo. It's the biggest recorded fibroid. They removed a 200 lb tumor

(differant kind of benign tumor) from a woman and used a hoist to lift it out!

Showed the surgery on TV. She nearly died.

http://www.thehollandsentinel.net/stories/123199/new_tumor.html

Lobna Reda wrote:Kukalaka,

Is this a typo? How much did the woman who " carried " it weigh in

total?

Lobna

[Guest guest]

So this was not a fibroid? I saw this twice on t.v. Is this the same women?

W.

[Guest guest]

So this was not a fibroid? I saw this twice on t.v. Is this the same women?

W.

[Guest guest]

So this was not a fibroid? I saw this twice on t.v. Is this the same women?

W.

[Guest guest]

No, this wasn't a fibroid as we know it. The woman had " elephant man's

disease. " So it was a tumor but not a uterine fibroid. Hope this clarifies

things.

Rhonda

[Guest guest]

No, this wasn't a fibroid as we know it. The woman had " elephant man's

disease. " So it was a tumor but not a uterine fibroid. Hope this clarifies

things.

Rhonda