Jen - Lynn Re: Has anyone been down this road?

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Lynn, where did you hear UFE causes sterilility? Thats

ridiculous!!! There is a lot of biast articles out there!!!!!

Here's the facts, if you are over 45, there could be more chance of

early menapause, but unlikely. Not sure of %. If you are under 45

(I'm 43) you have a 1-5% chance of onset of early menapause.

Anotherwords, very rare. I was so freaked out about this but I did

have a period on time! I'm 5 weeks post.

Check out the yahoo embo group. IT's been a phenominal support

for me. Anyway, about your fibroid, yes, fibroids bleed. I'm not

sure why, but it can distort the uterus and then the uterus can't

contract properly during menstration, also, the subercosal fibriods

they say are the bleeders, but my main one was an intramural fibroid

that was /is 10cm. I bled like a syve! I had such awful hemmoraging

incidents mostly at periods, but the last episode was breakthrough

bleeding. It feels fantastic not to be bleeding anymore!

D & C. won't do much for a fibroid if it's bleeding. But, if you

had bleeding prior to a fibroid diagnosis, then maybe it could help.

I am doing just great. I got a great recomendation on an IR here

in CT through the embo group. I was very happy with my care and the

hospital. I became very anemic going into the procedure and so my

recovery was a little slower than most. It took me about 2 1/2

weeks. Most people are fine in 1 week. My stomach was messed up

becuase of the antibiotic and meds and then I became dehydrated!!

But after all that, I bounced back and felt back to myself in no

time. I've been on iron (65mb 3X a day) and am awaiting blood count

results. Hopefully they've gone up. Take care, you can email me

privately if you'd like jenficks@...

Jen

> Jen,

>

> The bleeding started as prolonged/uncontrollable menstruation.

Lots of clots

> and blood loss. I went to the ER as a result and they put me on

progesterone

> which slowed things down. Over 2-3 months, the bleeding became

more

> unpredictable and I seemed to have my period almost all the time.

>

> I'm wondering if the fibroid would cause a build up of tissue in

the uterus, or if

> the fibriod itself bleeds. If the bleeding continues after the

D&C I had, I guess

> I'll know whether it's the fibroid causing the hemmorage.

>

> I've read that UFE can cause sterility. How was your experience?

Was the

> healing period relatively quick?

>

> Thanks,

> Lynn