RE: has anyone ever heard of this?

[Guest guest]

ba1070@... wrote:

>I want to share a conversation I had

> recently with an aquaintance that

> underwent a hysterectomy to treat her

> fibroids.

>She had experienced tremendous pain

> on two occassions prior to her

> hysterectomy.   She told me that

> " fibroids sometimes leak, and this was

> the pain I was feeling " .   Leak what, I

> wondered?     I asked her how she knew

> that fibroids leak and she said that her

> doctor told her that!   Has anyone ever

> read, heard, etc. that statement????   I

> sure haven't.

I don't know about fibroids leaking, but when my subserosal

grapefruit-sized fibroid first started bothering me back in 2001, I had

a month or so where I was experiencing episodes of an intense burning

sensation in my abdomen, accompanied by an intense feeling of pressure.

Sometimes it would happen in the middle of the night, and I would have

dreams about my abdominal organs glowing like red hot coals. At one

point it was so bad that I thought I would have to go to the hospital,

but it quieted down after a few hours and never came back, thank God.

My gynecologist said that the thought the fibroid was " bleeding inside

itself. " And that's all he said. Anyone else ever experience anything

like this or hear this from a doctor?

Cathy B.

[Guest guest]

Going through the same thing except I over did it this week-end and have ended

up in bed since Monday due to pain in my abdomen. It gets so bad sometimes all

I can do is hold by breath until it subsides. My doc let me know about the

tumor and went on vacation without giving me any other info but should be back

today. This group has been a blessing from God to get me better informed and

prepared when I do hear from him. I am in the deep south and from what I can

find out from women here is just a hyster. Thanks to this group I now know that

I do other options that I intend to pursue. Can't wait to hear what everyone

has to say.

Re: has anyone ever heard of this?

ba1070@... wrote:

>I want to share a conversation I had

> recently with an aquaintance that

> underwent a hysterectomy to treat her

> fibroids.

>She had experienced tremendous pain

> on two occassions prior to her

> hysterectomy. She told me that

> " fibroids sometimes leak, and this was

> the pain I was feeling " . Leak what, I

> wondered? I asked her how she knew

> that fibroids leak and she said that her

> doctor told her that! Has anyone ever

> read, heard, etc. that statement???? I

> sure haven't.

I don't know about fibroids leaking, but when my subserosal

grapefruit-sized fibroid first started bothering me back in 2001, I had

a month or so where I was experiencing episodes of an intense burning

sensation in my abdomen, accompanied by an intense feeling of pressure.

Sometimes it would happen in the middle of the night, and I would have

dreams about my abdominal organs glowing like red hot coals. At one

point it was so bad that I thought I would have to go to the hospital,

but it quieted down after a few hours and never came back, thank God.

My gynecologist said that the thought the fibroid was " bleeding inside

itself. " And that's all he said. Anyone else ever experience anything

like this or hear this from a doctor?

Cathy B.

[Guest guest]

Fibroids can degenerate, and that can be very painful sometimes.

That may very likely be what you are feeling.

Jan

> >She had experienced tremendous pain

> > on two occassions prior to her

> > hysterectomy.   She told me that

> > " fibroids sometimes leak, and this was

> > the pain I was feeling " .   Leak what, I

> > wondered?    

[Guest guest]

wrote:

She insists that I will have to still get a hysto because fibroids are " pre

cancerous " . Aren't the cells

either cancerous of benign? She keeps saying, " wait and see " , like she wants

me to have a hysto!!!

There are a lot of " old school " mindset type people in the medical

profession who only talk about what they learned in med school a long time

ago.

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I think your m-i-l needs to do some curren tresearch. Fibroids are not, and

to the best of my knowledge have never been considered to be,

" pre-cancerous " . The term pre-cancerous is falling out of favor today. It

refers to a condition, such as hyperplasia of the uterus (overgrowth of

tissue in the uterus) where there has been some change in the cells which

MAY.. in some cases... at a later date...continue on to become cancer.

Another example of a pre-cancerous condition is some sun damage on skin.

Some of this will go on to become skin cancer.

Fibroids are benign, period. There is, however, another form of uterine

tumor called leiomyosarcoma which IS a malignant tumor but this does NOT

start out as a fibroid. It's a different beast altogether. However, in the

early stages it can be mistaken for a fibroid. MRI can be used to

differentiate between the two.

You might want to give your m-i-l Plourde's book " Your Guide to

Hysterectomy, Ovary Removal, & Hormone Replacement: What All Women Need to

Know " for her next birthday...it's sure to prove an eye-opener for her!

Leonie

" The line that divides Good versus Evil runs NOT between nations or parties

or armies... but right down the middle of every human soul. " -Solzhenitsyn