Fibroids in Germany

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April,

I am very sorry to hear about your situation. It must be very worrying

having your husband in Iraq and having to deal with all these medical

problems whilst alone and in a foreign country. I am also very sorry indeed

to hear about your miscarriages.

Some helpful things to do now that you know you have fibroids would be to

- browse this list and read some of the entries

- browse the www.nuff.org and the www.uterinefibroids.com sites

- Buy a good book about fibroids such as

1) What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibroids: New Techniques and

Therapies -Including Breakthrough Alternatives to Hysterectomy, by C.

Goodwin, S. Broder, Drum, Carla Dionne, Warner Books 2003

2) Sex, Lies, and the Truth About Uterine Fibroids: A Journey from

Diagnosis to Treatment to Renewed Good Health, Carla Dionne, Penguin Putnam

2001

I live in Germany. I founded a German speaking site, but I don't know how

far along you are with your German. If you wish to get in touch with me you

can do so at vnorton@.... It might be helpful to let me know in which

town you live and whether you are dependent on the army gynos and

hospitals, or whether your insurance covers treatment in Germany. I know an

extremely good doctor in Heidelberg and I know one of her midwives speaks

excellent English; a lot of the women from the U.S. army base have their

babies there.

Considering you have heavy bleeding you may just have a fibroid that is

growing on the " inside " of the uterus in the direction of the cavity. This

is called a submucous fibroid and sometimes they are extremely easy for a

good doctor to resect using an instrument that goes into the vagina and

through the cervical canal, i.e. they may not even need to make an

incision. Check out one of the sites above for a diagram of a fibroid

uterus to see the various different kinds. You then need a doctor to check

your ultrasound pictures again or do another to ascertain where in the

uterus the fibroid(s) might be.

Be patient when writing to me; I am not checking my emails every day at the

moment. But I do get back to people weekends at the latest.

Take care & please know that you are not alone

At 15:57 02.05.04 +0000, you wrote:

>Message: 9

> Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 14:16:56 -0000

>

>Subject: just found out i have fibroids

>

>HELLO I'M 28 YEARS OLD, JUST FOUND YOU GUYS ON HERE, THINK THIS IS

>AWESOME. ANYWAY, I CURRENTLY LIVE IN GERMANY, MY HUSBAND IS

>STATIONED HERE BUT IS CURRENTLY IN IRAQ. I STARTED BLEEDING A YEAR

>AND A HALF AGO, THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS STRESS. I WENT TO MY DR HERE

>AND ASKED TO BE SENT TO A GYNO, HE DECIDED NOT TO. SENT ME TO HAVE A

>ULTRASOUND, I CAME BACK FOR THE RESULTS, HE SAID IT WAS NOTHING.

>WELL HERE WE ARE A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, STILL BLEEDING. I GO BACK

>TO THE CLINIC HERE AND SEE A DIFFERENT DR. SHE ASKS ABOUT THE STEPS

>THAT WERE TAKEN BEFORE. SHE CHECKS MY ULTRASOUND REPORT FROM A YEAR

>AGO AND YEP I HAVE A SMALL FIBROID, POSSIBLY MORE. WELL I AM TICKED

>OFF AT THIS. WHY DIDNT THE OTHER DR TELL ME THIS. WELL LAST WEEK I

>WAS SENT BACK TO HAVE A SECOND ULTRASOUND AND IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE

>ONLY 1 VISIBLE FIBROID AT AROUND 2 CM. I HAVE AN APPT WITH THE

>OB/GYN ON THE 4TH. I HAVE READ THAT MOST OF U LADIES HAVE MUCH

>LARGER FIBROIDS AND MORE THAN MY ONE. I JUST GET A LITTLE FREAKED

>OUT BECAUSE I DO WANT KIDS. I KNOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO CONCEIVE WITH

>FIBROIDS, I HAVE HAD 2 MISCARRIAGES IN THE PAST. I WAS JUST HOPING

>SOMEONE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE INFO FOR ME. THANKS, APRIL