Considering all avenues of procedures

January 8, 2004

Hi All!

I am new to the group and it's comforting to know that I am not alone in my

fibroid hell!

I am 36 years old and I was diagnosed with uterine fibroids in February 14,

2002. When I went to see my doctor for my post op visit on March 7,2002, she

informed me that I was 2 1/2 months pregnant. This left me with a difficult

decision to make; either keep the baby or have an abortion. At my age and taking

in consideration the odds of me having another chance of getting pregnant, I

chose to have my baby. It was the most horrific pregnancy!! I bleed almost

everyday which led me to the assumption that I was losing my baby; however, it

was the baby's growth pushing against the smaller of the many fibroids causing

them to rupture. I had more bad days than good ones. After my first trimester,

it seemed every day I was in pain! It was hard to even get out of bed on some

days the pain was so great. I was off & on moderate bed-rest for weeks at a

time. One day in May 2003, I was driving to work and had to pull off the road

due to the pain! Thereafter, I was completely taken off work

and put on disability. In early August, I was just about 27 weeks I went for

my regular ultrasound only to find out that I am now have a placental abruption

due to the baby-to-fibroid ratio. The baby was rapidly running out of room to

grow! Crying and petrified with fear, I was immediately admitted to the hospital

unknowingly for the duration of my pregnancy. My doctor kept advising me that I

would have to have a c-section due to a fibroid blocking my birth canal. Also,

if during the c-section she could remove the fibroids she would but if I began

to bleed uncontrollably then a hysterectomy would be performed immediately! I

told her that will never happen! After almost 72 hours of labor, I had my baby

on October 3, 2002 by VAGINAL delivery!!!

Now I am ready to have my fibroids removed but I am having a difficult time

selecting a procedure. I am leaning more so towards the Uterine Fibroid

Embolization (or Uterine Artery Embolization) but I am not positively convinced

that this is safer than the other procedures. I may want to have another baby

but I'm not sure if that will be possible after the UFE. Is there anyone out

there that has had this procedure? And if so how was the recovery time? Did

your doctor advise you not to have this procedure if you wanted to have

children? Lastly, did your insurance cover this procedure?

HELP!!

Best Wishes,

Angelique

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