Particles clogging the arteries

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Sue,

Doctors put all sorts of things into peoples bodies, replacement hips,

pacemakers. When surgeons perform myomectomies or hysterectomies they put

quite a bit of suturing materials into our bodies, sometimes adhesion

barriers, clips.

The arteries don't stay completely blocked. I had my UFE in 2000 and have

been going back to the center for an MRI every year. The IR uses contrast

dye so he can see the vessels and how well the uterus is perfused. My

uterine arteries have completely re-canalised (if that is the right English

word?).

Good luck with your further research. I recommend you read Carla's book and

the Goodwin/Broder books about fibroids, they have been mentioned on

this list many times. Obviously as a health care professional it will all

be easier for you to understand than us non-medical people.

Take care,

At 01:58 19.01.04 +0000, you wrote:

>Message: 24

> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 23:21:43 -0000

>

>Subject: freshly diagnosed with large firboids

>

>Hi all,

>

>I'm Sue. I am a Licensed Midwife and a L/D nurse. I can talk till

>the cows come home about pregnancy and birth, but when it comes to

>fibroids, I'm just learning. I spent all afternoon reading past

>posts, and what concerns me is this UFE proceedure. Polyurathane

>plastic clogging up the artries? Can that be safe? It scares me to

>think of it. I have a 15 x 9cm fibroid plus a few more not as

>spectaular in size, contained in my uterus. I have different

>symptoms than other posts that I have read. My periods abruptly

>stopped 3 months ago, I had menopausal symptons like, hot flashes,

>1/2 of my hair fell out, ice craving, anemia and two periods a month

>for a couple of months. Then the urine leakage began. The symptoms

>stopped, excpet the urine leakage. Replacing the beginning symptoms

>I now have pink mucous spotting and a most offinsive odor, shooting

>pains on my left side and 25lb wt gain the past month. Also I can

>palpate my large uterus. So that's how I ended up on the gyn's table

>with the sono wand intimatly placed. My first thought was yank out

>the offending organ! But now I'm looking into a myomectomy. I don't

>know my FSH and LH or throid levels yet, I just had them drawn

>yesterday.

>

>Sound familur?

>Thanks for reading

>Sue ,