Confidence for the First Time

I'm home from the hospital. The surgery went flawlessly.

It turns out that the fibroids were much bigger than the ultrasound indicated.

The largest was the size of an eggplant (sitting sideways across the backside of my uterus). It was eight inches long and four inches around. There were another dozen or so, just protruding in all directions from my uterus as well. The doctor said that if she were to perform the myomectomy, she would probably not have been able to preserve enough uterine tissue to perserve my fertility and she would have to leave too many of the smaller tumors which likely would have grown back.

The best news is that my ovaries and tubes were in great shape, and there were no infiltrations of the tumors on my cervix and that was left as well.

I'll post more later. For the most part I feel much like I did after doing a marathon - my abs are just plain old sore like I'd done a huge workout and I'm tired, tired, tired.

Posted by Elizabeth M. on August 8, 2004 11:21 AM