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Hi Amy,

I had a myo withount taking any meds beforehand, my Dr never once mentioned

Lupron, it just wasnt necessary

Amy Maus mausketeers@...> wrote:

Has anyone had a myomectomy

without first taking Lupron or a drug like it?

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I am having a myo in two weeks. No drugs and I have three fibroids

over 8 cms and lots of little ones. I was told Lupron would make them

mushy and hard to remove.

-- In uterinefibroids , Natnice

wrote:

> Hi Amy,

> I had a myo withount taking any meds beforehand, my Dr never once

mentioned Lupron, it just wasnt necessary

>

> Amy Maus wrote:

> Has anyone had a myomectomy

> without first taking Lupron or a drug like it?

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Pam, I tried sending this to your aol.com address, but the message bounced.

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My goodness, you've been through a lot. I'm glad to hear that your daughter

is doing well now.

I can understand why you're anxious about which steps to take next. It is

difficult to decide whether to have a myomectomy before trying to get

pregnant again. I got pregnant while I had a fibroid, which grew from 6 cm

to 13 cm during the pregnancy. I was lucky that the fibroid didn't cause

any problems with the pregnancy. That's probably partly because of the

location of the fibroid, which was on a stalk outside my uterus. Fibroids

inside the uterus tend to be more problematic. My husband and I would like

to have a second child. My doctor told me that it would be best to have the

fibroid removed before trying again, since the fibroid would probably grow

even bigger during a second pregnancy. It could cause problems and most

likely would make me very uncomfortable if it grew even bigger. My

myomectomy, which was performed last September, went well, and my husband

and I are now trying to conceive our second child. If you'd like to read

more about my fibroid and myomectomy experiences, see:

http://home.comcast.net/~cmagadieu/myoreport.html

We sort of started trying to conceive a couple of months ago, but alas, we

haven't been especially active because one or the other of us has been sick

at the wrong time of the month. Now that spring is around the corner, we

have high hopes for good health and lots of snuggling

As for questions, the Hope for Fibroids Web site has a good list of

questions to ask your doctor:

Newly Diagnosed With Uterine Fibroids

http://www.hopeforfibroids.org/questionslist1.html

Uterine Fibroid Treatment Questions

http://www.hopeforfibroids.org/questionslist2.html

As you probably know, here are some of the concerns with fibroids and

pregnancy:

* Can the baby attach itself to a spot in the uterus that isn't occupied by

the fibroid?

* Has the fibroid significantly altered the shape of the uterus? (There is

a slight chance of this causing a miscarriage.)

* Are the fibroid and the baby competing for blood supply and/or space? (It

depends on the location and size of your fibroid.)

* Is the fibroid so close to your cervical opening that it could cause

problems during delivery? (This situation is unusual.)

* Will the fibroid cause hemorrhaging after delivery? (There is a slight to

moderate chance of this happening.)

* Will the fibroid cause premature labor? (There is a slight to moderate

chance of this happening, as you unfortunately found out.)

Many women have had healthy babies despite their fibroids. In fact,

midwives, who screen out high-risk cases, don't even necessarily consider

fibroids to be high risk. Since you have a history of preterm labor,

however, you would want to be seen by someone who specializes in high-risk

pregnancies, and who can help you decide whether to have a cervical cerclage.

This BabyCenter page has lots of stories from pregnant women who have/had

fibroids:

http://www.babycenter.com/tips/7187.html

You mentioned that you're concerned about general anesthesia. It is always

scary going under. I think it's a lot like going on a plane. You need to do

it sometimes to get to your destination, but you have to relinquish all

control to the pilot and place complete faith in him or her. Flying makes

me nervous, but I do it when I have to. The same goes for anesthesia--I've

had seven surgeries between the ages of 5 and 40, and I had general

anesthesia each time, without any complications. I know that not everyone

is so lucky; some people feel very nauseous after anesthesia, for example.

Since you recovered so well after your C section, you probably won't have

any problem with anesthesia this time around, either.

Cheryl

At 12:28 AM 2/21/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi everyone,

>

>I was dx with one fibroid back in 2000. The doctor did an u/s and

>said it was 2.5cm on the inside wall of my uterus. My husband and I

>got married in 2001 and decided we wanted to try for children the

>following year. So I did what I was supposed to went to my doctor

>told her what I about to do as in going off the pill, but wanted the

>clearance from her. She said everything was fine here are prenatal

>vitamins and if you don't conceive within a year than we will have to

>take care of the fibroid.

>OK, well 3mos of ttc we find out we are pregnant. So I decided to

>change doctors to deliver at a closer hospital. As soon as I see

>this doctor he tells me all the risks of having this fibroid and

>being pregnant. Well, don't you know at 23 weeks I start cramping

>and I go to see my doctor who tells me that I'm 10cm dialated. After

>three days on bedrest I gave birth to a 1lb 7oz little girl at

>24weeks. She is doing wonderful, but it's been tough. Three months

>in the hospital, in and out of hospital once she came home, she eats

>from a feeding tube and is blind. All this because someone failed to

>give me my options.

>Well, what brings me to this board is that I just had an MRI and

>found out I still have one fibroid measuring 5.6cm. My husband and I

>are seeing a specialist next Friday in terms of my options for

>removing it.

>However, I wanted to come here and get some information like what

>procedures all of you have had done and were you able to conceive

>afterwards? How was the surgery? (deathly afraid of general

>anthesia) What can I expect? What questions should I be asking the

>specialist? I recovered quite well after the emergency c-section but

>I was concerned with my daughter living or dying not myself. Now

>it's a whole different story.

>Sorry this is so long, but wanted to introduce myself and tell you my

>story and what brings me to this board. Thanks for listening.