Re: Digest Number 2460 - to Worry Wart

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the club. Almost everyone has a moment of freak-out when they get

their diagnosis. However, the good news is that the likelihood of cancer is

extraordinarily slim; fibroids are just fibroids they are not cancer. As you

read more info here, you are going to find that you will be able to take a deep

breath and relax a bit. There is more than one treatment option for fibroids

that can help you to get relief and this is a great place to start doing

research.

BTW - " signs of ovarian cancer " - meaning what? That you have a cyst on your

ovary? These are so very common and in many cases they just come and go. My 6

ultrasounds over 3 years showed me having left & right ovarian cysts, and they

just would either move(?) or vanish entirely from one ultrasound to the next.

Your symptoms are almost exactly like mine were and my original gynocologist

described my fibroid as " your potato " - the only non-fruit size reference I've

ever heard any doctor make. Then she told me I had more than one. I was 46.

Then she went on to suggest that I plan on my hysterectomy whenever it would be

convenient for my schedule.

!!! - you can expect that your doctor may say this too. Many if not most gynos

are stuck in the dark ages and think that the only recourse is a hysterectomy,

and many also seem to like to use the threat of cancer to get your attention.

IT'S BOGUS.

Anyway, I'm now almost 50, and I had my UAE at the end of May last year. All my

symptoms were resolved by this procedure. The recovery is very fast too. This

is one of your options.

best,

laurie g.

Subject: Worry Wart

I am a worry wart and just being diagnosed with a grapefruit sized

fibroad in my uterus.

I just turned 40 and my doctor, during my physical, felt what he

described as a " large fibroid size of grapefruit on upper R pole of

uterus " . What I am worried about and I know will go crazy with

worry until my ultrasound appt in 3 weeks - is that my symptoms are

heavy periods, bloating and chronic need to pee. These are also

signs of ovarian cancer and I am freaked about this possibility.

He is so sure that it is a fibroid that he wasn't going to even send

me for a sonogram but was going to take the watch and wait approach

and I requested an ultrasound. He he being too lax or am I being

over-sensitive here?

Any positive feedback would be greatly appreciated to lessen my

worry that it could be ovarian cancer.

My mind is good at making me see the worst in situations.

in Vancouver

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the club. Almost everyone has a moment of freak-out when they get

their diagnosis. However, the good news is that the likelihood of cancer is

extraordinarily slim; fibroids are just fibroids they are not cancer. As you

read more info here, you are going to find that you will be able to take a deep

breath and relax a bit. There is more than one treatment option for fibroids

that can help you to get relief and this is a great place to start doing

research.

BTW - " signs of ovarian cancer " - meaning what? That you have a cyst on your

ovary? These are so very common and in many cases they just come and go. My 6

ultrasounds over 3 years showed me having left & right ovarian cysts, and they

just would either move(?) or vanish entirely from one ultrasound to the next.

Your symptoms are almost exactly like mine were and my original gynocologist

described my fibroid as " your potato " - the only non-fruit size reference I've

ever heard any doctor make. Then she told me I had more than one. I was 46.

Then she went on to suggest that I plan on my hysterectomy whenever it would be

convenient for my schedule.

!!! - you can expect that your doctor may say this too. Many if not most gynos

are stuck in the dark ages and think that the only recourse is a hysterectomy,

and many also seem to like to use the threat of cancer to get your attention.

IT'S BOGUS.

Anyway, I'm now almost 50, and I had my UAE at the end of May last year. All my

symptoms were resolved by this procedure. The recovery is very fast too. This

is one of your options.

best,

laurie g.

Subject: Worry Wart

I am a worry wart and just being diagnosed with a grapefruit sized

fibroad in my uterus.

I just turned 40 and my doctor, during my physical, felt what he

described as a " large fibroid size of grapefruit on upper R pole of

uterus " . What I am worried about and I know will go crazy with

worry until my ultrasound appt in 3 weeks - is that my symptoms are

heavy periods, bloating and chronic need to pee. These are also

signs of ovarian cancer and I am freaked about this possibility.

He is so sure that it is a fibroid that he wasn't going to even send

me for a sonogram but was going to take the watch and wait approach

and I requested an ultrasound. He he being too lax or am I being

over-sensitive here?

Any positive feedback would be greatly appreciated to lessen my

worry that it could be ovarian cancer.

My mind is good at making me see the worst in situations.

in Vancouver

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the club. Almost everyone has a moment of freak-out when they get

their diagnosis. However, the good news is that the likelihood of cancer is

extraordinarily slim; fibroids are just fibroids they are not cancer. As you

read more info here, you are going to find that you will be able to take a deep

breath and relax a bit. There is more than one treatment option for fibroids

that can help you to get relief and this is a great place to start doing

research.

BTW - " signs of ovarian cancer " - meaning what? That you have a cyst on your

ovary? These are so very common and in many cases they just come and go. My 6

ultrasounds over 3 years showed me having left & right ovarian cysts, and they

just would either move(?) or vanish entirely from one ultrasound to the next.

Your symptoms are almost exactly like mine were and my original gynocologist

described my fibroid as " your potato " - the only non-fruit size reference I've

ever heard any doctor make. Then she told me I had more than one. I was 46.

Then she went on to suggest that I plan on my hysterectomy whenever it would be

convenient for my schedule.

!!! - you can expect that your doctor may say this too. Many if not most gynos

are stuck in the dark ages and think that the only recourse is a hysterectomy,

and many also seem to like to use the threat of cancer to get your attention.

IT'S BOGUS.

Anyway, I'm now almost 50, and I had my UAE at the end of May last year. All my

symptoms were resolved by this procedure. The recovery is very fast too. This

is one of your options.

best,

laurie g.

Subject: Worry Wart

I am a worry wart and just being diagnosed with a grapefruit sized

fibroad in my uterus.

I just turned 40 and my doctor, during my physical, felt what he

described as a " large fibroid size of grapefruit on upper R pole of

uterus " . What I am worried about and I know will go crazy with

worry until my ultrasound appt in 3 weeks - is that my symptoms are

heavy periods, bloating and chronic need to pee. These are also

signs of ovarian cancer and I am freaked about this possibility.

He is so sure that it is a fibroid that he wasn't going to even send

me for a sonogram but was going to take the watch and wait approach

and I requested an ultrasound. He he being too lax or am I being

over-sensitive here?

Any positive feedback would be greatly appreciated to lessen my

worry that it could be ovarian cancer.

My mind is good at making me see the worst in situations.

in Vancouver

[Guest guest]

> Thanks Laurie G.

Your kind message was the best thing that happened to me today

It is such a shock to know that you are carrying some big tumour in

your body. I think the idea of this takes a little bit to settle

in. My father had a tumor once and it took his life so I am a little

sensitive to the word itself. It is good to know that this

condition is almost always NEVER cancer.

The comical side of this all is that I turned 40 last year and have

always been a size 7/8. Well I couldn't get into my blue jeans and

I had to reinvest in some new ones. I cut back on the sweets which

always helps me lose that 5 lbs and that tummy just kept on

protruding. So perhaps I will still have a figure once this thing

is dealt with. Watch and wait....that I am not to keen on. I was

at the grocery store today and in the fruit section I looked at

those grapefuits and picked one up and it really hit home.....and

then I looked over at the cantaloupe's and said to myself " I don't

think so " ...... so your procedure sounds very interesting and I have

been researching it on the net. Also have read about myos.

Can you tell me Laurie if your procedure is successful with large

fibroids?

I am also getting some blood work done as my doc thinks I might be

anemic...shortness of breath.

Thanks so much and I am glad to hear that you have fried your

potato