Re: How do you know when they're back?

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Those small fibroids are something to worry about if you are

bleeding heavily. the question is, how heavily are you bleeding???

My gyno said that if you are soaking a super tampon every hour,

thats your warning sign. It doesn't matter how small the fibroids

are, certain kinds cause bleeding!!!! I had a 10 cm. inrumural

fibroid, then the MRI showed a 2 cm fibroid, the subserosal kind.

(the ones that bleed, I may have that name wrong submucosal...)

My IR said the little one was probably the one causing my gushing,

hemmoraging periods, and breakthrough bleeding.

If your symtoms return, heavy bleeding and bulk, theres a good

chance it's the fibroids again. I'm sure you know this already, but

after having a myo, theres a pretty good chance that they'll be back.

Jen

> For some reason, I feel like I should know the answer to this

> question, but I have to ask it anyway:

>

> Is there a way to tell without a doc's exam if the fibroids have

come

> back? I'm breastfeeding my 14-month-old, and started getting my

> period again about 5-6 months ago. It seems like with each period

> the bleeding gets heavier. I don't get cramps anymore,

fortunately,

> because during my myo I had a presacral neurectomy that virtually

> eliminated them, but now I get PMS, which I never had before.

About

> a week before my period, I have a couple of days of nausea

followed

> by a couple of days of extreme fatigue, a day or two of headaches

and

> sometimes mood swings, and then the heavy bleeding starts. I

> definitely want more children and do not plan to stop

breastfeeding

> my baby to go through another surgery. I had my annual exam done

> about six months ago and at that point my gyno said that there

were

> still some small fibroids, but nothing worth worrying about. I

have

> to wonder if they've had a growth spurt.

>

> Anyone had a similar situation? Can we tell on our own if they've

> come back?

>

> Thanks.