ENDO Messages for July, 2008: Re: adenomyoma/pregnacy

Re: adenomyoma/pregnacy

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jul 30 22:32:31 2008

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I had two doctors who wanted to remove the fibroids, the first one in the beginning, the other one towards the end when I had a lot of problems. For some reason I had faith in that doctor and was fine during surgery. The surgery was rough, though, so I wish I had chosen to use progesterone before, to try to shrink them.

I had 3 or more doctors who told me I shouldn't even try to have the fibroids removed. So it does depend on the skill of the doctor, and if he or she does this kind of surgery often. Too many doctors rely on meds today to try to shrink them, so often they don't have the skill. If a doctor feels he or she can't remove it, then I'd get other opinions.

That is a large fibroid, and I can't see trying to carry a pregnancy with it. Mine were already pressing on my bladder and causing other problems.

Please look into the things you might do to shrink it, but watch it closely and don't let it get larger without looking into something...I didn't know much about adhesions back then, and after the surgery, my organs got adhered and caused me problems. I wish I had known more about progesterone earlier, there is evidence it can help shrink fibroids. A lot of women over 35, when progesterone levels start to dip get them. I'm not saying it's the answer for anyone - but in my experience, I would have loved the chance to try, and not go through the surgery and then the adhesions, which were later removed in another surgery!!!!

good luck

At Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Sarah wrote: >
>I have a very well regarded OBGYN/surgeon and he said removing my
>adenomyoma would be very dangerous. He said my reproductive organs all
>look very healthy and my uterine lining looks great (the pictures were
>rather ugly but supposedly good). He said that pregancy shrinks the
>mass and said that carrying a pregnancy to term should not be an issue.
>I appreciate your thoughts and perhaps I should get a second opinion
>from another Dr. I just don't want to go through any more testing!
>However, I don't want to risk a late term miscarriage either. Thanks
>for your support...
>
>At Wed, 30 Jul 2008, kathryn wrote:
>>
>>If the mass is 9cm, it is too big, especially if you are
>>ttc.
>>The fetus will have to fight for room to grow, not good!
>>I would get it removed as fast as possible and immediately
>>ttc. The mass might grow back but it may take months, so
>>ttc as soon as possible after the surgery.
>>Kathryn
>>
>>At Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Sarah wrote:
>>>
>>>I recently had a hysteroscopy because I was supposed to have a
>>>myomectomy to remove a fibroid. Upon looking my Dr. found that it was
>>>adenomyosis. Well at that time it was 8cm. That was early June.
>>>Yesterday I had an ultrasound and it looks like it has grown a little to
>>>9cm. My question is...the pictures from the hysteroscopy show a healthy
>>>uterine lining. Do you think it is safe to conceive? I know that some
>>>specialty dr.'s can remove the mass but how do I know it won't just grow
>>>back. We are ready to start TTC. Any thoughts?

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