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Re: ? on grapefruit sized fibroid causing bladder problems

From: Anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 20 Jul 2003 07:11:41 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Michelle wrote: >

Michelle, Not a doc. I'm sorry for everything you are going through right now, it sounds like you are having a really rough patch. A pap smear is only a screening tool. It only screens for abnormal cells where it can reach, usually the surface of the cervix. Fibroids are pretty common, I think something like 40% of the adult female population has them and they are more common as we get older. Sounds like your doc is being cautious and checking everything out to make sure it is OK. Your doc most likely picked us the large fibroid during the pelvic exam. Fibroids quite often cause abnormal bleeding which in your case is masked by the ablation. I hope everything turns out OK for you, hopefully one of the docs will be along to answer you. Good Luck!

(snipped for space) >The fibroid the size of a quarter - is now the size of a grapefruit and
>it is located outside of my uterus and it is pressing on my bladder,
>hence my recent issue w/ unexplained incontinence!
>
>I also have a NEW fibroid located inside the wall of my uterus the size
>of a prune.
>
>I am to come in for a cervical biopsy as it also showed a cystic lesion
>in the top area of my cervix - where the pap doesn't reach he said. He
>wants to be SURE I am not dealing w/a malignancy here. Now, I thought
>paps were accurate? What if I never had that ultrasound - how would we
>have even known? Last year it presented as a Nabothian cyst but the u/s
>radiologist, for some reason, didn't write it as such this year...so
>maybe this IS indeed a mere Nabothian cyst? I am scared out of my mind
>this is cancer...
>
>Oh and my uterus went from 7 x 4 in size to 8.3 x 5.
>
>What is the standard treatment for these issues? I am the primary
>caregiver to my husband who has stage four lung cancer and we have
>hospice here now...so this is ALL I needed. :o(
>
>--
>Michelle
>

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