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Re: With fibroids! - what to do?? - please helpFrom: Abby (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed Jul 9 09:22:59 2003
At Tue, 8 Jul 2003, bamagal wrote: > >Hi. I'm new to this site. I've just been told that my lifelong >problems of - literal growing pains at 11 yrs.; extremely painful cycle >from day one at 13 yrs; excessive fatigue forever; severe bloating all >the time; rhumatoid arthritis symptoms from childhood (couldn't walk for >a while in my mid-twenties); massive painful face, back, chest and arm >adult acne; severe nausea, vertigo/equilibrium off; fibrosystic breasts >(diagnosed); extreme constipation; allergies to perfumes, environment, >fibres, etc, and etc.... - is the result of endometriosis. I was >diagnosed at around age 22, but was told the cyst is small, but you >can't have children, so wait til it gets bigger to do a laparascopy. >(Ironically about 2 years earlier I was told to have a baby (didn't) and >it would clear up the acne and allergies). Recently at age 33 I learned >that the increased severity of the pain - which doesn't want me out of >bed, let alone the house, is due to the large fibroid which makes my >body think its 4 - 6 months pregnant. > >I have read about so many procedures and medicines. I don't know what >to do. The 'new' UAE (artery) procedure seemed reasonable until I saw >the risks. Now I'm frightened, and at a loss of which way to turn. >Anyone have anything to tell me which might help? God knows I could use >some advice. - Until my doctor (a true God-send) actually LISTENED to >me - noone else REALLY beleived or understood the extent of the problem. >But I don't want just my doctor's opinion. Excellent listener and >brilliant physician (reputationally) that he is; after all, he is a man >who has never physically felt the results of his work. Assurance is too >much to ask, I suppose, but guidance is what I'd like. Any advice, >please? Every procedure you try has risks. UAE has some risks, but it's very low, from what I understand. The other thing to keep in mind is that UAE only shrinks the fibroid from 10%-50%- most women later have a hysterectomy anyway. The other procedure you can consider if you want to keep your uterus is a myomectomy (takes the fibroid only). The downside is the fibroid may grow back. The only permanent solution for fibroids is a hysterectomny.
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