Newbie & Myo Scheduled for Jan 15

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Hi all,

I'm a newcomer to this group and will be having a myo on Thursday.

I'm 48, have 1 adopted child (18). I finally decided to have surgery

because I found a dr. willing to do a myo on me as opposed to my

former gyn, woman, who was of the " well, you're not using it so let's

get rid of it " school of Extreme Insensitivity. She said this 4

years ago, when my fibroids were " 9-week " size. Today they have

multiplied considerably and are at the 20-something-week size (all

sizes are approximate). I've recently lost about 25 pounds and

everything but my stomach got smaller due to the distention caused by

the fibroids. Vanity aside, I also found out that I'm extremely

anemic, which explains my utter exhaustion over the past year or so.

I've been taking iron pretty faithfully in order to get my blood

numbers up to the safety point. I'm nervous about surgery, as

my only other experience was a tonsilectomy when I was 16. It was a

bad experience, as the doctor did not wait for the anesthesia to kick

in before cutting! I am working really hard to get my house ready for

my recuperation, have lined up friends and family to help me.

One question: what's the most comfortable post-myo clothing,

especially underwear? I don't want to wear nightgowns for weeks, but

I don't think I'll want to wear jeans either.