recovering from recent myo

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hi everyone,

I had my myo on May 28, last friday. I have not had a chance to post

since I stayed at my mother's home, because I have so many stairs in

my house. I decided I did not feel like manuevering them. I am back

home now and the stairs are no problem at all. Any way I will give

you a brief run down of my myo:

I arrived at the hospital, in NYC, before 6 am, about 6:15 I went up

to get preped. I wallked in to the operating room on my own about

7:40 and got on to the operating table, where I was promptly given an

IV and little boots were put on to prevent blood clots. I felt the

cold anesthisia go through my arm and the next time I was aware was

in recovery.

My surgery was done by Dr.West and his team. My case was a little

more complicated because I was on blood thinners due to my fibroids

compressing my in vena cava (large vein which carries blood from the

legs to the heart and back). My uterus was 25 cm and according to

the MRI, I had two prominent fibroids one 17cm and the other about

11cm, and then numerous others.

My surgery lasted 4 1/2 hours. I was in recovery for 4 hours. I woke

up about 4pm. My surgery did not go exactly according to protocol,

because they found out that I had so many fibroids, that blood loss

was inevitable, even though Dr. West uses the cell saver. I was told

that 40 to 50 fibroids were removed, all of varying sizes from melon

to pea. Dr. West explained that each fibroid had its own blood supply

and even though they were returning my own blood back to me, they

could not returne the blood that the fibroid held. Thank goodness I

had gotton my hemoblogbin count up to 12, because it fell

substantially during surgery. The surgery was still a success, and I

still have my uterus.

Dr. West was trying to decide whether to tranfuse me,but not unless

it was life threatening. He wanted to wait to see if my body would

take care of the problem on its own. So I was watched closely while

I was in recovery for the 4 hours. When I was taken to my room, I

was weak, dizzy and nauseous. I was immediately hooked up to an IV

and again watched closely. Evidently my blood count began to rise. I

eventually was able to walk unassisted, and by the second day my

nauseous had subsided and I was able to eat a liquid menu. I did not

have that much pain, but I was very sore. Dr. West came to see me

the next day, late, and decided I could go home on Sunday morning, 48

hours later. I will write more later. For now I think I have gone

on long enough.

ne, Elana, thanks so much for your well wishes, I am so glad I

had my surgery with Dr. West, I don't think most surgeons would have

been able to continue without changing to a hyster. I saw him

Thursday for a post op and he said my incision is healing very well.

I am scheuled to see him again in two weeks.