fibroids-do nothing-resolve on it's own until menopause?

May 7, 2004

Hi everybody:

Has anyone chose not to do surgery or other invasive tx. for their

fibroids until they reach menopause? If so, what were your

experiences (terrible symptoms persisted until menopause, then got

better and bleeding stopped?)

I am scheduling surgery for June (hysteroscopic resection). I am

terrified. I only ever had a tonsillectomy. Deathly afraid of

anesthesia too.

Once an organ is operated on I believe it will never be the same. I'm

45 - had my fibroids for the past 2 yrs. On lupron for the past 6

months until surgery. Should I just ride this out until menopause?

Thanks for any info.

Jeanne

May 7, 2004

Hi,

A resection is very simple surgery with most women reporting no pain after. Many

go out to eat the same night and resume normal activities right away.

Being afraid is NORMAL. Many have said that the fear before their myo was far

worse than the myo itself. You might want to ask for something to settle your

stomach in the IV. Sometimes anesthesia can make you naucious after. Anesthesia

is very safe. Often they measure your brain waves now to make sure your fully

uncoucious during surgery and they don't give you too much. What does it feel

like? Once they give you the injection, you're out. Then the next thing you know

is that you are waking up. You have no sense of time passing.

Fibroids only get worse, not better. Average age for menopause to start is 51.

You may have a while to wait before menopause would shrink your fibroids. I

couldn't wait, I was a bleeder. It depends on your symptoms and if you can take

them. Also remember, while you wait, fibroids get bigger. It's easier to take

them out if they're small. They can take out big ones, it's just a little

harder.

I'd choose the resection and just get rid of it. My docs didn't catch my fibroid

in time for a resection. I had to have a myo. I could have had a resection if

they had caught it early. Watching and waiting isn't always the best option. So

keep this in mind. You may be trading simple surgery for more complex surgery

later.

I don't regret my myo. It gave me my life back. I only regret that I didn't have

surgery sooner.

Ku

Jeanne JKiewlak@...> wrote:

I am scheduling surgery for June (hysteroscopic resection). Once an organ is

operated on I believe it will never be the same. I'm

45 - had my fibroids for the past 2 yrs. On lupron for the past 6

months until surgery. Should I just ride this out until menopause?

May 7, 2004

Ku,

This is a question indeed, not a statement. What stats do we have

that fibroids always get worse, never better? I have heard of some

getting better even with no therapy, but this is a miracle, I'm

sure. The question I have is, are there stats to prove that fibroids

always get worse, never stay the status quo? Perhaps this is what

she was asking and would interest me as well. I'm not talking about

what we often read (the stories of those who get worse), but actual

stats. Does anyone have any stats or are these stats out there on

this subject? Thanks.

Meg

-- In uterinefibroids , kukalaka

wrote:

> Fibroids only get worse, not better. Average age for menopause to

start is 51. You may have a while to wait before menopause would

shrink your fibroids. I couldn't wait, I was a bleeder. It depends on

your symptoms and if you can take them. Also remember, while you

wait, fibroids get bigger. It's easier to take them out if they're

small. They can take out big ones, it's just a little harder.

May 7, 2004