Myo scheduled for June 17....Really scared and need some kind words of encouragement

June 11, 2004

Hello ladies,

My myo is scheduled for this Thursday and I am very frightened. I have read

some of the posts about the procedure and it has comforted me but as the day

approaches I'm starting to really freak out. The fibroid (intra) that is in me

is pushing everything over to the right side and I have been trying to have a

baby for about three years and nothing has happened. I went to a fertility

specialist and he told me that the fibroid was probably the reason why I haven't

got pregnant and I should have it removed. Of course ultrasounds were taken and

is the size of a grapefruit on my left side. My regular obgyn told me that shes

seen women get pregnant with no problems that have fibroids (she isn't

performing my myo). My question is have anyone else experienced this specific

problem of only having one fibroid that prevents pregnancy. If so, when the

fibroid was removed did pregnancy occur???????????????????????????

Also, when you wake up from the anesthesia what does the pain feel like??? Is it

something that makes you scream??

June 12, 2004

Hi ,

If you don't get much response on this board regarding women that

have conceived after a myo, you might want to check/ask the

ttcmyomectomy board. There are many cases in which women conceive

w/fibroids, my mother included,hence how I came about. Sometimes

though they do interfere, depending on placement and how much they

are obstructing your uterus/cervix etc etc.

I just had my myo on June 1st. You can read my post #49459. I did

not feel any pain waking up in recovery. They put a body band on me,

and the one mistake that I made is that I told the nurses in recovery

my pain was like a 4 or less so they didn't give me any medication.

(I didn't get morphine until I was in my room and the nurse attempted

to look at my incision).I just had cotton mouth really bad. The

nurses wet some gauze and stuck it in my mouth. It will be too soon

for you to drink anything b/you may be experience nausea due to the

anesthesia. (I did not though). Many women of the list complain of

horrible sore throat. I avoided this though by taking prednisone for

2 days prior to my surgery and the morning of surgery. I have asthma

so my pulmonary doctor was adamant about me taking the prednisone. I

did not need any throat drops at all.

Did you watch the webcast of the myomectomy that was posted to the

board? After I watched that all worries I had went through the

window. I was not scared going in and the hospital staff was

fantastic. My surgeon/RE was quite non-chalant when he spoke w/me

during admissions...and even ended the conversation telling me had to

teach a class prior to seeing me in the OR.

Best wishes.... and no worries

Shaunah

> Hello ladies,

> My myo is scheduled for this Thursday and I am very frightened.

I have read some of the posts about the procedure and it has

comforted me but as the day approaches I'm starting to really freak

out. The fibroid (intra) that is in me is pushing everything over to

the right side and I have been trying to have a baby for about three

years and nothing has happened. I went to a fertility specialist and

he told me that the fibroid was probably the reason why I haven't got

pregnant and I should have it removed. Of course ultrasounds were

taken and is the size of a grapefruit on my left side. My regular

obgyn told me that shes seen women get pregnant with no problems that

have fibroids (she isn't performing my myo). My question is have

anyone else experienced this specific problem of only having one

fibroid that prevents pregnancy. If so, when the fibroid was removed

did pregnancy occur???????????????????????????

> Also, when you wake up from the anesthesia what does the pain feel

like??? Is it something that makes you scream??

June 12, 2004

,

To be scared is normal but please do not be overwhelmed by the imagined threat.

You are now a soldier going to fight a battle, please focus on adding your

bullets (vitamins, iron in your body) and keeping yourself fit rather than

imagining what the " enemy " looks like. Eat, drink, exercise and play! Do

something you like and keep a happy mood. That's the strategy I used and it

worked. I never needed to scream or cry. You will feel good when the fibroid is

out.

Be positive, you will be another successful storyteller. Look forward to hearing

your victory!

Lai

June 12, 2004

,

To be scared is normal but please do not be overwhelmed by the imagined threat.

You are now a soldier going to fight a battle, please focus on adding your

bullets (vitamins, iron in your body) and keeping yourself fit rather than

imagining what the " enemy " looks like. Eat, drink, exercise and play! Do

something you like and keep a happy mood. That's the strategy I used and it

worked. I never needed to scream or cry. You will feel good when the fibroid is

out.

Be positive, you will be another successful storyteller. Look forward to hearing

your victory!

Lai

June 13, 2004

Hi,

I'm lurking tonight and haven't really been here in just over a year (my abd.

myo. was 06/

02/03), but wanted to wish you well and share a bit of my experience.

My fibroid(s) were discovered when I was pregnant with my first son in 2001. I

assume

they cropped up due to the hormones from pregnancy and measured 11 cm in h/w/d.

I

had a high risk pregnancy involving bed rest but ending happily with the safe

delivery of

my son at 37 weeks.

I lived with the fibroids for the next 20 months and finally had them removed

after ttc for

most of a year with no success. The largest was the size of a grapefruit and the

other two

were the size of golf balls, smashed up against the larger one. My OB told us

to wait 6

months before ttc again, and then by December (just one cycle of ttc) I was

pregnant!!! I

am now 25 weeks with no further fibroids and have a c-section scheduled for the

36 week

mark to avoid any possibility of major contrations (to reduce the risk of

uterine rupture). I

did start medication last week to prevent preterm labor as it seems I have an

" irritable

uterus " , likely from having had the myomectomy. So far, all is well.

I have no regrets of having had the myo done, but was very angry about the

post-op

treatment that I experienced at my particular hospital. It was an issue with the

nursing

staff, and I would handle it differently knowing what I know now. My husband was

a huge

help in instrumenting my eventual pain relief (both with the hospital staff and

with the

nursing staff at the doctor's office once I was home), so prepare him (or a

friend/relative)

to help be an advocate for you.

Your fears are normal and understandable, especially as the day gets closer. I

was fine

right up until the day of surgery, and then I was shaking like a leaf and

couldn't stop

crying as they wheeled me into the OR...I was so worried about possible

complications and

the pain from the surgery. I'm not going to lie...it really did hurt for me,

both immediately

after and for several days, but I would repeat it. I would just be better

prepared to speak

up for myself and ask for better pain relief. When the doctor makes his rounds

and asks

you how you're doing, tell him/her the blunt truth. If you're doing good, then

great! If

you're worried/have questions/feel like you're going to die from the

pain...speak up!

Good luck with everything and I hope that a year from now you're in my

position...long

since recovered and in the midst of a healthy pregnancy!

P.S. I'll never really know if it was related, but it did take almost 2 years of

ttc before I got

pregnant with my son. I suspect that the fibroids were much smaller at that

point, but

were probably why it took so long. I feel very, very lucky to have conceived him

and also to

have carried him to term, knowing what I do now.

~

> Hello ladies,

> My myo is scheduled for this Thursday and I am very frightened. I have

read some of

the posts about the procedure and it has comforted me but as the day approaches

I'm

starting to really freak out. The fibroid (intra) that is in me is pushing

everything over to

the right side and I have been trying to have a baby for about three years and

nothing has

happened. I went to a fertility specialist and he told me that the fibroid was

probably the

reason why I haven't got pregnant and I should have it removed. Of course

ultrasounds

were taken and is the size of a grapefruit on my left side. My regular obgyn

told me that

shes seen women get pregnant with no problems that have fibroids (she isn't

performing

my myo). My question is have anyone else experienced this specific problem of

only

having one fibroid that prevents pregnancy. If so, when the fibroid was removed

did

pregnancy occur???????????????????????????

> Also, when you wake up from the anesthesia what does the pain feel like??? Is

it

something that makes you scream??

June 14, 2004

Hi ,

I'm also scheduled for a June 17 myo, so I'm right there with you.

Like you, I'm really scared as well, but am trying to hang in there.

I think this group is a good place for support. Also, just saying

that you're scared can sometimes help; it takes the edge of a bit.

I don't have much to offer regarding the other issues you mentioned

(pregancy/TTC or anesthesia), but just wanted to let you know that I

was thinking about you.

Anni