Re: Did you ask to see your fibroid after removal?

[Guest guest]

I did not ask to see my fibroids but I asked my Dr. if he would take

pictures of them if I brought a disposable camera. He looked at me

as if I had 2 heads and kind of laughed...he said....well I have

never had that request....but he offered to bring his digital

camera....he did and printed me off a copy. I don't know if you

would be able to actually physically see them because they go to the

pathology department.....did your Dr. say she would get them for you

to look at?

Anyway...good luck with your surgery!

> I am just curious if anyone else has asked to see their fibroid &

> what their Dr.'s reaction was.

[Guest guest]

Thanks, . I am not looking forward to the surgery but I am

looking forward to having it behind me.

She did mention something about pathology and wasn't sure how she

could work it. I would be happy, though, with a photo (and who knows

how long it will take me to come out of anesthesia)..it just seems to

make it more real to actually see what was removed. Maybe we can

bring our digital camera and they can snap a picture of it on its way

to pathology...

> > I am just curious if anyone else has asked to see their fibroid &

> > what their Dr.'s reaction was.

[Guest guest]

Probably busily trying to figure out how it could be used against

them in a court of law ;-) LOL

Maybe it stems from medical school when patients were examples in a

text book and didn't speak?

Aztek

[Guest guest]

Hi Cindy,

I ask my Dr the take pic..he said sure!! Without any hesitation, he said i

should get a disposable camera which i did get.

The morning of my surgery i handed it to the OR nurse, she took over 8 pics of

my fibroids , uterus and ovaries and fallopian tubes..

The pics look amazing..i was shocked at what the fibroids lookied like..

littlepetuniablossom68 Lmdailey@...> wrote:

I am just curious if anyone else has asked to see their fibroid &

what their Dr.'s reaction was.

[Guest guest]

I asked my doc if he would take pix if I brot in a disposable camera,

he said sure. I was not the first to ask. As it turned out, one of

his residents had a cute little digital camera and took digital pix

and e-mailed them to me.

When I showed them to relatives (fun, huh?) one (guy) commented that

the docs must be very confident about the quality of their surgery to

give the patients pictures (possible " evidence " in any potential

lawsuit). I hadn't thot of that, but it was another reassurance to me

about my doc.

Sunny

> Probably busily trying to figure out how it could be used against

> them in a court of law ;-) LOL

>

> Maybe it stems from medical school when patients were examples in a

> text book and didn't speak?

>

> Aztek

[Guest guest]

I asked my doc if he would take pix if I brot in a disposable camera,

he said sure. I was not the first to ask. As it turned out, one of

his residents had a cute little digital camera and took digital pix

and e-mailed them to me.

When I showed them to relatives (fun, huh?) one (guy) commented that

the docs must be very confident about the quality of their surgery to

give the patients pictures (possible " evidence " in any potential

lawsuit). I hadn't thot of that, but it was another reassurance to me

about my doc.

Sunny

> Probably busily trying to figure out how it could be used against

> them in a court of law ;-) LOL

>

> Maybe it stems from medical school when patients were examples in a

> text book and didn't speak?

>

> Aztek

[Guest guest]

I asked my doc if he would take pix if I brot in a disposable camera,

he said sure. I was not the first to ask. As it turned out, one of

his residents had a cute little digital camera and took digital pix

and e-mailed them to me.

When I showed them to relatives (fun, huh?) one (guy) commented that

the docs must be very confident about the quality of their surgery to

give the patients pictures (possible " evidence " in any potential

lawsuit). I hadn't thot of that, but it was another reassurance to me

about my doc.

Sunny

> Probably busily trying to figure out how it could be used against

> them in a court of law ;-) LOL

>

> Maybe it stems from medical school when patients were examples in a

> text book and didn't speak?

>

> Aztek

[Guest guest]

I had pics taken also---

In uterinefibroids , " sun2dae " wrote:

> I asked my doc if he would take pix if I brot in a disposable

camera, he said sure.