Guest guest Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 great news Sunny, good luck on your recovery..!!! Just take it easy and relax..Enjoy your time off! sun2dae wrote: Hi all, it's so good to be back here! First, very best wishes to all who have had procedures this month and especially to e and , who went through so much. I had my abdominal myo on 12/8. Very successful. The BIG news first -- instead of what appeared on ultrasound to be 2-3 large (9 cm, 5-7 cm) fibroids, there was just ONE HUGE -- 25 cm (about 9 in) " multinodular " fibroid, attached to the top of the uterus in one place. This made the surgery easier and faster than anticipated (lasted 1-1/2 hour). I saw pix, the fibroid did indeed look like a snowman, as my surgeon described it. He said that they were very pleased to find a " perfectly fine, normal uterus " underneath it, which was repaired and I am now healing very well. Am I the only person we've heard of who ended up with FEWER fibroids than expected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 great news Sunny, good luck on your recovery..!!! Just take it easy and relax..Enjoy your time off! sun2dae wrote: Hi all, it's so good to be back here! First, very best wishes to all who have had procedures this month and especially to e and , who went through so much. I had my abdominal myo on 12/8. Very successful. The BIG news first -- instead of what appeared on ultrasound to be 2-3 large (9 cm, 5-7 cm) fibroids, there was just ONE HUGE -- 25 cm (about 9 in) " multinodular " fibroid, attached to the top of the uterus in one place. This made the surgery easier and faster than anticipated (lasted 1-1/2 hour). I saw pix, the fibroid did indeed look like a snowman, as my surgeon described it. He said that they were very pleased to find a " perfectly fine, normal uterus " underneath it, which was repaired and I am now healing very well. Am I the only person we've heard of who ended up with FEWER fibroids than expected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 great news Sunny, good luck on your recovery..!!! Just take it easy and relax..Enjoy your time off! sun2dae wrote: Hi all, it's so good to be back here! First, very best wishes to all who have had procedures this month and especially to e and , who went through so much. I had my abdominal myo on 12/8. Very successful. The BIG news first -- instead of what appeared on ultrasound to be 2-3 large (9 cm, 5-7 cm) fibroids, there was just ONE HUGE -- 25 cm (about 9 in) " multinodular " fibroid, attached to the top of the uterus in one place. This made the surgery easier and faster than anticipated (lasted 1-1/2 hour). I saw pix, the fibroid did indeed look like a snowman, as my surgeon described it. He said that they were very pleased to find a " perfectly fine, normal uterus " underneath it, which was repaired and I am now healing very well. Am I the only person we've heard of who ended up with FEWER fibroids than expected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 Hi Sunny, Welcome back and congrats on your very successful myo! Gosh you must be so relieved! 25 cm is huge, but probably mine is about that size too (five-month pregnancy size, mine is). What I found interesting is that you had your period on the day of the op. Mine was initially set for 19 Jan, but my period this month came a bit earlier, and so next month the 19th would fall on Day 3 of the period, which is always the worst day in terms of bleeding. So I'm trying to re-schedule for 16 Jan instead. Dr, said he'd prefer it if it wasn't " full flow " yet, so I gather he means Day 1 ok, but not Day 3? Overalls post-op is a great idea!! Thank you!I live in UK but am going to San Francisco next week for holiday and intend to buy all my " sick clothes " while I'm in the US, as they're a much cheaper there than here. I'll keep an eye on overalls. And large underwear (so it is true -- they are useful, are they?!). Can you tell me more about this " real pain " you had post-op? That's the bit that scares me actually. I had an op for an ovarian cyst in 1988 (bikini line incision too, also about 6 inches), and when I woke up I still couldn't speak as my mouth muscles were numb, but I was in GREAT pain and started groaning and moaning to try to communicate that I was in pain until they gave me something (I can't remember what) for it. I do hope it won't be as bad as that this time.. How bad is it really? And how fast does morphine work once you press the button? Did you have considerable pain even after going home? Great to hear recovery has been so fast though, so much so that you feel like you could go back to work on Week 3 already! In the UK, Drs. tell you to take 6 weeks off post-op, and I'm no hurry to go back to work where I normally work like a slave, so that's fine by me! :-) Happy recovery you and all the others who had their ops this month! I'll announce mine when it's my turn... CN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2003 Report Share Posted December 30, 2003 Thank you Sunny for the clarification to my question, and thanks Cheryl for your reassuring words.In fact, going through the various post-myo reports posted here it looks like the majority of women did not experience any amount of considerable pain after a myo, so I will try to be positive and believe that I will be one of the lucky ones too! As regards my op. date clashing with my period, you're right Sunny. Maybe it's just for their own convenience that they don't want you bleeding. This month's period was actually quite manageable (didn't leak once!!), so if the next one is just as " good " , it might not even be a problem. I have to stop being so paranoid and always imagining the worst... I have recently started taking some Chinese herbal medicine (off the counter -- haven't checked with my gyno, which is naughty, but I AM desperate!) that is supposed to help fibroids shrink and even disappear (depending on the size). Of course I don't expect it to " terminate " my football-sized fibroid mass just like that, but any decrease in size until the op. date (in 3 weeks) would be better than an increase. Has anyone here taken Chinese herbs and actually had results (ie. fibroid size decreased or disappeared)? I am already thinking of my post-myo period -- I really don't fancy going through this horror again in a few year's time, so I'd do anything to make them not come back. Hey, posy-myo ladies, what are you doing if anything to stop the monsters from reappearing in your lives? I am willing to try ANYthing -- yoga, changing diets, acupuncture, herbs, and also spiritual healing, which I believe in. Thanks in advance for your tips! :-) CN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Take Care Sunny, you will be in my thoughts on Jan 07/, thats also my sisters bday.. Best of luck and Gods speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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