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Re: Fibroid tumors, Thigh pain, and Seedlings
From: Kelly (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:16:32 -0600 (CST)
My left leg aches when I am having menstrual cramps. I do not have
fibroids or any menstrual abnormalities.
At Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Abby wrote:
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>At Wed, 4 Dec 2002, k.f wrote:
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>>Hello, I have been diagnosed with a 3cm submucous fibroid. I have had
>>right thigh pain 2 days prior to having my periods since they began at
>>age 13years. I still have this pain which is now more pronounced since
>>the fibroid has grown and now causes severe bleeding problems. I have
>>always had what I consider heavy periods considering my size of 98lbs as
>>a teenager and I have never used anything less than a super tampon and
>>pads since age 13 and I was passing large clots(quarter size) even then
>>and every 6 months or so I would have very severe cramps. Now in my 30s
>>I pass large masses of tissue and have severe cramps and bleeding every
>>month, as a result, I have decided to have the fibroid removed(I still
>>want to have children). I have searched the archives and other
>>resources which say that fibroids don't exist until menstration begins,
>>but I wonder if the "seedlings" of these tumors are already there and
>>are triggered by my puberty and by pregnancy in some women. I also
>>can't find any info on thigh pain during menstration that radiates into
>>the leg, that only occurs just before and during menstration.
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>>Does anyone else experience this pain or discomfort?
>>What do you think about the heavy periods at 13?
>>Is it possible to have a fibroid at 13?
>>
>k.f.
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>I had extremely painful, heavy, clotty periods (had the leg pain too)
>from the age of 12 to 43,
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