To & Janet re NYC/NYU doctors

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asked about my info on IVF cut-off age of 55 at NYU. Here is

all I know, : New York University (NYU) Medical Center is in

New York City, New York (in the USA). I see you are visiting South

America from Europe (or UK). I don't know if you want to travel this

far to an IVF program (or to get a second opinion). I'm not clear on

whether you are interested in IVF fertility treatment in particular,

or just a myomectomy, avoiding a hysterectomy. But here's the link

for the NYU IVF program if that's what you're looking for:

http://nyuivf.med.nyu.edu/

My very large (29 cm.) fibroid, which was removed at NYU MEdical

Center in December, was also described as " multinodular " (I got pix,

looked like a snowman) and I had a 5-mo. sized uterus as well.

My doctor was Dr. Quagliarello, as I said, in case you want to

look him up.

Good luck!

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And to Janet, small world here on the web, isn't it? NYC can be such

a small town too. You sure do sound like you know your way around

NYU. My internist (also at NYU) was the one who recommended either

Dr. Q. or another NYU doctor (I think maybe Dr. Porges who you

mentioned, but I don't remember now) for my second opinion after my

(other) NYU gyne recommended hysterectomy. My internist told me he

thought either Dr. Q or the other, perhaps Dr. Porges, would be worth

going outside my insurance for. Dr. Q ended up being in my plan,

which was great.

I hope he is up for your more complex case. I thought he was quite

good and I also appreciated his (all-female, at least at the time I

was treated) resident team who coordinated pretty much all my post-op

care in the hospital. I will warn you that he told me several times

that if there was uncontrollable bleeding he would convert to a

hysterectomy, and this was on my consent form. A number of women here

interpret that as a sign the doctor is not committed to saving their

uterus; I've also heard the opinion that they are required to inform

you of the risk. So I talked to him about it, so he knew my reasons

for wanting myo, asked what his numbers were and what the likelihood

was in my case. I was satisfied with his responses and went ahead.

(His numbers -- 1-5% conversion, which is the same as the average, he

said; though certainly more than Dr. West and more than other docs

who say they never convert -- on the other hand, he's been doing this

for many years and he does a LOT of myos (30+ a year), so odds are

he's going to have more complex surgeries than someone who has only

done a handful -- and he said you can never predict how much bleeding

there will be, it depends on the blood supply to the fibroid -- I

ended up having virtually no bleeding).

Glad I had helpful info for you, and I hope you find the right course

for you!

Sunny