New to the list and need help

May 21, 2004

HI ,

I have been diagnosed with Fibroids and I need some help. I have

had an MRI and have no idea what this info is telling me. My doc

isn't telling me anything either. I asked if the pelvic pain I'm

having is from the fibroids - he shrugged. It is a heaviness in the

left side, in pelvic where the thigh meets the genitals between legs

and a crampy in the left side where the ovary is- I think. Also

lower back pain on same side. I can't figure out if the pain is

coming from the back, the ovary the pelvis the thigh? No wonder the

doc thinks I'm crazy.

I have also had a TransVag ultrasound - they say it is normal

though they didn't see the second fibroid on that. I am worried that

my symptoms are not Fibroid but Ovarian and it is cancer. I am

scanned ( ultrasound) every six months. Just had my Pap and scan and

they said it looks normal. Pain comes and goes, although it has been

pretty constant and now my leg is aching a bit ( have had this

before).

This is the info from MRI: Uterus measures 7.8cm long by 3.5cm AP x

4.5cm wide. Said Uterus is markedly retroflexed. There is a

dominant low signal focus in the posterior upper body subserosal

region measuring 4.5 cm in size compatible iwth a dominant

subserosal fibroid. A second multilobulated small focal hypointense

lesion is present in the anatomic anterior uterine body with a

measurement of about 2cm. compatible with an intramural fibroid.

I don't know how big these are in real life ( almond, lemon,

grapefruit?) or where they are located on or in my uterus or if the

kind of pain I can expect from them- is what I am having?? I was

told that on may be on a stalk? Is my uterus very big? Should I go

back and annoy them about the pain. They just shrug - I've had blood

work ( $500 worth) - nothing. Scan- nothing. CT of Abdomen -

nothing. Mri. So maybe the pain is the fibroid and I should just

live with it?

Thanks for any help understanding the MRI, the nature of my fibroids

and the possibility that my pain is related to the fibroid.

Remy

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