TRe: Hysteroscopic Resection

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Hello Dianne, is it?

It is not the fault of your doctor's skill level that you need another

resection. It is because of the nature of the vaginal procedure. I had to

have three resections since there were so many submucosal fibs in my uterus.

Since your doctor has to rely on instruments to see your fibroid when he is

removing it during the surgery, the procedure is limited in time. After a

majority of the fibroid is cut away, your body will bleed. The blood and

tissue is circulated out of the body via sterile solution, which helps keep

your doctor's view clear. But after about 45 minutes time the view of the

scope your doctor uses to see your surgery site begins to get merky and

clouded. So that your surgeon does not cut in the wrong area, if he cannot

see well enough after that point, the surgery has to stop.

Also, when larger fibroids have been cut away via resection, some of them

will drop into the endometrial cavity as the space is opened up. So they

are easier to remove during a second resection because they have distended

into the cavity where they are easier seen and cut away.

If a woman has multiple submucosal fibroids or several very large ones, it

is more common that she will need several resections than a woman who only

has several small fibroids. No, it is not likely that your fibroid grew so

quickly. It was able to pop into the uterine space once the majority of it

was removed. So therefore, it may appear to be bigger because more of it is

visible.

Try not to worry about having a second surgery. It is so much easier to

heal from than a major ab myo, and the results are so worth it. I opted for

several resections rather than one ab myo because there would be less

recovery time and less scarring.

Ask your doctor if he can perform an in-office hysteroscopy exam to see

inside your uterus before your next resection. That way you and he will

know if the 10% of your fibroid is all that you have left to remove. Could

there be other fibroids? This test is not painful, and it will allow your

doctor to have a better idea what your endometrial cavity looks like.

Good luck my dear.

Please keep us posted.

:)Sonja

ps: I am a new woman after all three of my resections. It was the best thing

I could have done for my health! No more heavy periods, no more anemia, and

no more terrible suffering from the pain!