Hardest decision of my life - I'm new to the group- Anyone this far gone?

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Hello everyone,

I have a fibroid the size of a volleyball or a 7 -8 mo pregnant

uterus. I have known i have fibroids since i was about 26 yrs old and

i am now 48. I have followed them closely. But recently went to a dr

for GERD and i told him i thought maybe my fibroids were pushing on

my stomach. He felt the mass and ordered a CT Scan (which is not the

best for fibroids) well it came back that i have very enlarged uterus

and another large tumor and they could not tell where they were

coming from so i should be checked for ov cancer. The doctor that

ordered that report was a Gen practioner that I only saw once because

my regular gener prac was out that day. I was referred back to my Gyn

who of course knew about the fibroids, but he referred me to a GYN

Oncologist for further testing even though he said " they still feel

like fibroids " . Well of course he gyn oncologist and every GYN I have

seen have recommended a total hysterectomy because of my age, the

size of the fibroids and since i'm not having more children. Since I

am not feeling any major sickness other than heavy periods the 1st 2

days (which has been my norm for about 15 yrs) Pressure from the

enlarge uterus and some back pain that is relieved with advil. They

feel like fibroids to the doctors but the can only tell if they do a

hysterectomy is what I'm told. I definitely don't want a

hysterectomy since I'm not in any major distress from the fibroids

and I feel I'll have more or bigger problems from the surgery. I am

soooo confused. Any comments would be appreciated