To Carol/hysteroscopic resection question

[Guest guest]

Hello Carol,

You asked many questions about having a hysteroscopic resection surgery.

Well, since last September I have had three, so my opinions are fresh and

hopefully helpful. I see this surgery as my miracle surgery.

For me, I had over 30 submucosal fibroids varying in size. Three surgeries

were necessary to remove them all. Since you only have one small fibroid

you should only need one resection. Let me tell you, the surgery is easy.

It is usually a day surgery. I was given the option of either an epidural

(spinal) anesthetic or a general. I chose the general all theree times

because I am a bit squeamish. That made it go by faster so the hardest part

of the whole procedure was waking up. And since I faced the surgery more

than once I made sure to ask my anesthesiologist to give me less drugs the

second an third time so I'd wake up faster. That helped a lot.

There was no pain with this surgery. I only felt some mild cramping that

night and that was only after the first procedure not the other two. You

have probably read the posting from (rainylorrany@...) here about her

experience with bleeding a few days later. I had the same experience. I

asked my doctor why this was because one day it was fairly heavy. He had

warned me there would be some bleeding the week afterward, but mine began in

the middle of the night four days later and it concerned me because it was

pretty steady. He said after the surgery he sprayed a type of foam in the

uterine cavity. This would help the tissues stop bleeding. Since I still

had fibroids left after the first surgery the foam would keep them from

bleeding. After about four days from the surgery the foam begins to shed

itself from the uterus. This comes with some blood. He assured me it would

stop in a few days, and it did.

A resection takes about 30 to 60 minutes. If a fibroid is large with a good

blood supply it will bleed and create some muddiness of the visual

perspective of the surgeon. Water is flushed in and out of the uterus to

remove blood. But after about 60 minutes of slicing many large fibroids the

surgeon cannot see any longer and the surgery has to stop. They are also

concerned with the body absorbing too much of the water that is used to

flush the uterus. So the surgery cannot go longer than an hour. This is

why I had to have so many surgeries. It was worth it to me because they

were one day procedures, easy to heal from, and the hardest part of the

whole thing was getting the anesthesia out of my system. Foggy head for a

day or two.

You will find that most of the women who have had this type of surgery have

been very happy with the results. It is a type of surgery that needs a

skilled hand however. So be sure to do your research for a doctor who has

performed numerous resections. It is important to ask as many questions as

you can about the recovery period as well as the procedure itself. Make sure

you have access to someone at the doctor's office who you can speak to if

you need your questions answered or have concerns. I would call the NP at

my doctor's office and she would relay the messages to him. They were

really good about calling me and checking up on me but this was because I

asked them tons of questions so they knew I was informed.

I call this procedure my " miracle surgery " because it has changed my life

drastically. Before I was facing life threatening bleeding, anemia, no

possibility of children, and an inevitable hysterectomy. After seeing a new

doctor (fertility specialist) he gave me hope that all my problems could be

changed. And he was right. Now I have normal bleeding, the anemia is slowly

disappearing, and a baby is in my future! It pays to get another opinion.

If you need more questions answered about this surgery feel free to e-mail

me privately.

greenvu@...

Good luck to you. I hope everything goes well for you.

:)Sonja

[Guest guest]

Sonja,

Who is the doctor that preformed your miracle surgeries? Mine said that my

largest submucousal is too large for resection at 5x2x4cm.