RE: Ablation for fibroids -- my opinon

February 19, 2004

Sherry wrote:

Thanks for replying. I'm sorry the ablation didn't work for you. I

have no idea if it is going to work for me either since I have so

many fibroids, and they aren't small ones either. I hope things go

smoothly. I really can't continue with the pain and bleeding that I

have experienced this past year - two years. I just wasn't sure if it

was time for me to have a hysterctomy because that is next on the

list for me.

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Sherrie, unless your doctor is going to do a hysteroscopic resection of your

fibroids at the same time as he/she does the ablation, I personally would

not have the ablation. Please confirm just what your doctor plans on doing.

I know a number of doctors, including Indman in California, an

excellent surgeon, are doing hysteroscopic resections/ablations together. I

meet him at the Opening Doors event in Monterey last year and we discussed

this. His feeling is just go ahead and do the resection and ablation right

away.

My personal feeling is different -- I would have the submucosal fibroids,

the ones most likely responsible for the bleeding, removed first. Then I'd

wait a couple months to see if the bleeding goes back to normal. If just

removing the fibroids can get rid of the bleeding problem, then why subject

yourself to a second procedure, with its attendant risks?

And the ablation will do nothing to stop or slow the growth of the fibroids.

They still can go on to cause all the other problems fibroids can create,

like interferring with bowel and bladder function, causing back pain and

painful intercourse, etc.

This is my personal opinion.

Leonie

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