Guest guest Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 I haven't written recently about my uae. It was 2 weeks ago today (5/27/04). I have felt very well during the entire time. In the hospital I kept myself medicated with my pump. When they took it out in the morning I made sure I had my percoset. The most I ever felt were slight twinges of cramps. The various injections and the iv were more painful. When I arrived home I took my percoset the first 18 hours then stopped. Took nothing for about 1 day then decided I should use the motrin to help with any inflammation. I stopped that 6/9/04. I have not had any pain, today I have felt a little pressure. I have carried laundry up and down stairs, cooked, washed dishes, gone to the store, walked on the Ocean City boardwalk, and gone to the movies 2 times. I am slightly more tired than usual. My return to work date is 6/21/04 but I really could have gone back to work after the first few days if it was absolutely necessary. My reasons for having the uae at this stage were constant light bleeding, increasingly frequent urination (again) and the fact that my fibroids were continuing to grow and multiply inspite of my age (52). I wish I had gone through with the procedure 2 years ago. I had an ultrasound at that time that showed some decrease in size. At the same time my constant need to urinate was improving. Bleeding was not an issue then. I figure the fibroid that was pressing on my bladder must have decreased in size but was later joined by new ones. I am still bleeding. This is concerning my gyno but I am not letting it bother me too much. I know some other women here have taken longer than this to stop bleeding. I do seem to urinate less often, so I feel this is a good sign. To those of you trying to make up your minds I would recommend doing it before your quality of life is severely impacted. How much of your life are you willing to give up to these monsters when there is help? Best wishes to all, esp. those about to go through their procedures. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Hey , sounds like you had a busy day. I am figuring you live in Atlantic City, NJ now am I right or wrong? I am planning on having my UAE next Thursday. I received a letter today from my insurance and they said that they needed more information on my conditions. What dont make sense is they had approved a hyst, MRI, and me seeing two different IR's. I would think they would rather for me to do a UAE over a hyst. Does not make sense. I am glad you are doing better now. I hope your conditions keep improving on you. Keep in touch. A >From: waep@... >Reply-To: uterinefibroids >To: uterinefibroids , embo >Subject: recovering from uae >Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 22:39:53 EDT > >I haven't written recently about my uae. It was 2 weeks ago today >(5/27/04). > I have felt very well during the entire time. In the hospital I kept >myself >medicated with my pump. When they took it out in the morning I made sure I >had my percoset. The most I ever felt were slight twinges of cramps. The >various injections and the iv were more painful. When I arrived home I >took my >percoset the first 18 hours then stopped. Took nothing for about 1 day >then >decided I should use the motrin to help with any inflammation. I stopped >that >6/9/04. I have not had any pain, today I have felt a little pressure. I >have >carried laundry up and down stairs, cooked, washed dishes, gone to the >store, >walked on the Ocean City boardwalk, and gone to the movies 2 times. I am >slightly more tired than usual. My return to work date is 6/21/04 but I >really >could have gone back to work after the first few days if it was absolutely >necessary. > >My reasons for having the uae at this stage were constant light bleeding, >increasingly frequent urination (again) and the fact that my fibroids were >continuing to grow and multiply inspite of my age (52). I wish I had gone >through >with the procedure 2 years ago. I had an ultrasound at that time that >showed >some decrease in size. At the same time my constant need to urinate was >improving. Bleeding was not an issue then. I figure the fibroid that was >pressing >on my bladder must have decreased in size but was later joined by new ones. > >I am still bleeding. This is concerning my gyno but I am not letting it >bother me too much. I know some other women here have taken longer than >this to >stop bleeding. I do seem to urinate less often, so I feel this is a good >sign. > >To those of you trying to make up your minds I would recommend doing it >before your quality of life is severely impacted. How much of your life >are you >willing to give up to these monsters when there is help? > >Best wishes to all, esp. those about to go through their procedures. > P. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 9 Dial-up Internet Access fights spam and pop-ups – now 3 months FREE! http://join.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2004 Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 A. Good guess, but no I don't live in Atlantic City. I live about 1 hour west of there in Millville, NJ. Could have confused you more by telling you that I spent today at the " King of Prussia Mall " in Pennsylvania. That's about 1 hour north west of here. It is huge. Keep fighting with your insurance. Do you need a referral from your primary care physician or your gyno? My gyno's office made the insurance arrangements for me. He is pro uae and has had many patients go through it. Good luck to you. I'll be thinking about you this week. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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